Sunday, November 26, 2006
humans
There are only 2 constants; human error and the speed of light. The speed of light, I am not sure about.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
Saturday, November 25, 2006
patriots
It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from his government.
Tom Paine
Tom Paine
Thursday, November 23, 2006
demagogues
The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.
H L Mencken
H L Mencken
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
truth
So long as our government requires the backing of an aroused and informed public opinion ... it is necessary to tell the hard bruising truth.
That statement was written by Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent Marguerite Higgins more than a half-century ago during the Korean War.
That statement was written by Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent Marguerite Higgins more than a half-century ago during the Korean War.
Monday, November 20, 2006
Americans
Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people.
H L Mencken
H L Mencken
Sunday, November 19, 2006
objectivity
Saturday, November 18, 2006
war
The chain reaction of evil--wars producing more wars--must be broken, or we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Friday, November 17, 2006
occupation
Soldiers quartered in a populous town will always occasion two mobs where they prevent one. They are wretched conservators of the peace.
John Adams, 1770
John Adams, 1770
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Vietnam
It's a lot safer than it was when he didn't go the first time.
Ben Barnes on Pres. Bush's Vietnam trip
Ben Barnes on Pres. Bush's Vietnam trip
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
fear
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed--and hence clamorous to be led to safety--by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
H L Mencken
H L Mencken
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
religion
To the believers it is true
To the wise it is false
To the leaders it is useful
Senaca
To the wise it is false
To the leaders it is useful
Senaca
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
conservatives
Monday, November 06, 2006
art
The artist appeals to our capacity for delight and wonder, to the sense of mystery surrounding our lives; to our sense of pity, and beauty and pain...and to the subtle but invincible conviction of solidarity that knits together the lonliness of innumerable hearts, to the solidarity in dreams, in joy, in sorrow, in aspirations, in illusions, in hope, in fear which binds men to each other, which binds together all humanity - the dead to the living and the living to the unborn.
Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad
Saturday, November 04, 2006
tyranny
And in the general hardening of outlook that set in ... practices which had been long abandoned - imprisonment without trial, the use of war prisoners as slaves, public executions, torture to extract confessions ... and the deportation of whole populations - not only became common again, but were tolerated and even defended by people who considered themselves enlightened and progressive.
George Orwell, 1984
George Orwell, 1984
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
history
Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
George Santayana
George Santayana
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