Daily quotes

[AlanM]

Call them what you will, they are dangerous Elitists who consider themselves the "Chosen Ones", and will stop at nothing. The giveaway is their belief in the Philosophy of Hegel. The State is Supreme. The individual matters only as much as they contribute to the State.

[Tom Sawyer]

... the faithful of all political creeds imagine that the lives of 300 million diverse individuals can be successfully run by a handful of strangers who pose and pontificate beneath soaring marble domes.

These are egregious superstitions, immune to evidence and reason.

Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University

[AlanM]

... the faithful of all political creeds imagine that the lives of 300 million diverse individuals can be successfully run by a handful of strangers who pose and pontificate beneath soaring marble domes.

These are egregious superstitions, immune to evidence and reason.

Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University

Sadly, too true. Thanks for the quote.

[Tom Sawyer]

The Temples of Syrinx
Rush-2112
Words by Neil Peart, music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson

... the massive grey walls of the temples rise from the
Heart of every federation city. I have always been awed
By them, to think that every single facet of every life is
Regulated and directed from within! our books, our music,
Our work and play are all looked after by the benevolent
Wisdom of the priests...

We?ve taken care of everything
The words you hear the songs you sing
The pictures that give pleasure to your eyes
It?s one for all and all for one
We work together common sons
Never need to wonder how or why

We are the priests of the temples of syrinx
Our great computers fill the hallowed halls
We are the priests of the temples of syrinx
All the gifts of life are held within our walls

Look around this world we made
Equality our stock in trade
Come and join the brotherhood of man
Oh what a nice contented world
Let the banners be unfurled
Hold the red star proudly high in hand

We are the priests of the temples of syrinx
Our great computers fill the hallowed halls.
We are the priests of the temples of syrinx
All the gifts of life are held within our walls.

[Pat K]

"We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails."

Eric Hoffer

[ravelkinbow]

"But the simple truth -- born of experience -- is that tyranny thrives best
where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people."
by Judge Alex Kozinski, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
dissenting from denial of rehearing en banc: Silveira v. Lockyer, 06 May
2003.
http://www.thegunzone.com/rkba/rkba-9.html

[Russell Kanning]

"No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway to the human spirit." Helen Keller

[tracysaboe]

"Intuition is more important then knowledge"

Albert Einstein

[Russell Kanning]

? The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing, would suffice to solve most of the world's problems... ? ~M.K.Gandhi

[Kat Kanning]

I had some friends who moved to Canada several years ago to protect their children.  They believed the draft was coming.

I think leaving the US you could be somewhat safer for a time, but it'd eventually spread all over.

[Tom Sawyer]

It's not easy... but people still live free here.

[Pat K]

Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other ?sins? are invented nonsense.
                R.A.H

[Tunga]

 "Fuck the fucking fucker before he fucks you." - The Chief

[Pat K]

Ah Tunga this could be the source of my navy chiefs advice to me.

[BillyC]

"War does not determine who is right - only who is left."

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