Daily quotes

[Pat K]

"And what of the curious resemblances
between Protestant churches and
courts of law? The minister and the
judge wear the same black robe
and "throw the book"at those assembled
in pews and various kinds of boxes,
and both ministers and judges have
chairs of estate that are still,
in effect, thrones."

Alan Watts

[Tom Sawyer]

H. L. Mencken described schools in the following way:

School-days, I believe, are the unhappiest in the whole span of human existence. They are full of dull, unintelligible tasks, new and unpleasant ordinances, brutal violations of common sense and common decency. It doesn't take a reasonably bright boy long to discover that most of what is rammed into him is nonsense, and that no one really cares very much whether he learns it or not.

[Russell Kanning]

I have always enjoyed hanging out with people who hated school.

[KBCraig]

I am not enjoying having one back in public school, even if he's currently homebound while he recovers.

[KBCraig]

"I am your fellow man, but not your slave."

A letter from Frederick Douglass to his former "owner", in 1848.

http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/02/i-am-your-fellow-man-but-not-your-slave.html

[Raineyrocks]

I have always enjoyed hanging out with people who hated school.

Me too!     I loved skipping school, hanging out and meeting some of the most awesome people that didn't care that I wasn't in school.

[Silent_Bob]

"If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand."

Milton Friedman

[Pat K]

"And all the high ranking government employee's kids
would be playing in really big, elaborate sand boxes."
Pat K

[Tom Sawyer]

"Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress."
—Napoleon Bonaparte

[Russell Kanning]

I wonder how many peace prizes he was awarded

[Lloyd Danforth]

Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war that we know about peace, more about killing that we know about living.
Gen. Omar N. Bradley

[Silent_Bob]

Never do anything against conscience
    even if the state demands it.
-- Albert Einstein

[Tom Sawyer]

[Silent_Bob]

"I came to America because of the great, great freedom which I heard existed in this country. I made a mistake in selecting America as a land of freedom, a mistake I cannot repair in the balance of my lifetime."

Albert Einstein

[Riddler]

....and Einstein would find that freedom......where exactly? ....I see many quotes from the man, but not that one. He was also a big fan of socialism...fkking genius