Background
Wilcox, Laird Maurice was born on November 28, 1942 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Laird and AuDeene Helen (Stromer) Wilcox.
(A remarkable collection of quotations, aphorisms, and epi...)
A remarkable collection of quotations, aphorisms, and epigrams relating to beliefs, ideologies, superstitions, and fanaticism, covering more than fifteen categories, among them: - civil liberties - fanatics and true believers - intolerance - individual liberties and personal freedom - mysticism and religion - public opinion and mass media - rationalism - skepticism - state power - utopianism, idealism and reformist zeal Included are selections from classic and modern authors in all literary genres, both prose and poetry, including Brooks Adams, Aristotle, Francis Bacon, William F. Buckley, Jr., G.K. Chesterton, Clarence Darrow, Henry Fielding, Thomas Jefferson, Baron de Montesquieu, Friedrich Nietzsche, Thomas Paine, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Bertrand Russell, Seneca, William Shakespeare, G.B. Shaw, Jonathan Swift, Margaret Thatcher, Voltaire, W.B. Yeats, and hundreds of others. Quotations in all categories are listed alphabetically by author and indexed for ease of reference. This will prove a standard reference work for writers, educators, students, and all those committed to intellectual freedom and individual liberties.
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Wilcox, Laird Maurice was born on November 28, 1942 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Laird and AuDeene Helen (Stromer) Wilcox.
Student Washburn University, 1961-1962, U. Kansas, 1963-1965. Certified storm spotter. Licensed radio operator.
; children: Laird Anthony IV, Elizabeth Leone. Married Diana Brown, 1978. 1 child, Carrie Lynn.
With Fluor Corporation, Limited., 1960-1962.
Manager office supply store U. Kansas, 1963. Editor Kansas FreePress, 1963-1966.
Owner, operator Maury Wilcox Construction Company, Kansas City, Missoury, 1967-1970. Carpenter foreman various employers, 1974-1987.
Semi-professional genealogist, 1975-1978.
Chief investigator Editorial Research Svc., Kansas City, Missoury, 1977. Associate faculty Baker University, 1986. Lecturer various fields.
Special department sheriff Shawnee County, Kan, 1966.
Deputy sheriff Wyandotte County, Kansas, 1971-1975.
(A remarkable collection of quotations, aphorisms, and epi...)
(Book by George, John, Wilcox, Laird)
Special deputy sheriff Shawnee County, Kansas, 1966. Deputy sheriff Wyandotte County, 1972—1975. Benefactor Kansas University Friends of Library.
Member KU Libraries Board Advocates. Founder, principal benefactor Wilcox Collection Political Movements, Kansas University Libraries. Member of American Civil Liberties Union, National Rifle Association, Foundation Individual Rights Education, Sons Union Veterans, International Legion of Intelligence, American Radio Relay League, National Association Investigative Specialists, International Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (officer 1975-1982), MENSA, Intertel, Bertrand Russell Society, St. Andrew Society, National Society Old Plymouth Colony Descendants, Military Order Loyal Legion of the United States, Society Mayflower Descendants, Sons American Revolution, Free Press Association, National Coalition Against Censorship.
Married Eileen Maddocks, 1962 (divorced 1967). Children: Laird Anthony IV, Elizabeth Leone. Married Diana Brown, 1978.
1 child Carrie Lynn.