"The code of competence is the only system of morality that’s on a gold standard." -Ayn Rand

Often I see parents who have no standards for their children. But they are almost surely lying to themselves and would insist that they do. I'll explain.

"If a young black boy cannot dribble well when he comes out to play basketball, no one will cast his problem as an injustice. No one will worry about his single-parent home, the legacy of slavery that still touches his life, or the inherent racial bias in a game invented by a white man. His deficiency will be allowed to be what it is - poor dribbling." -Shelby Steele