Assume the worst about people, and you’ll generally be correct. Scott Adams
The government that seems the most unwise, Oft goodness to the people …
The government that seems the most unwise,Oft goodness to the people best supplies;That which is meddling, touching everything,Will work but ill, and disappointment bring. The Tao Te Ching
(The Tao favors a minimalist approach to governance, one which allows the people to solve their own problems. The verses quoted are from various translations of 57, 58, and 75.)
If ignorance is bliss then knock the smile off my face zack …
If ignorance is bliss then knock the smile off my face zack de la rocha
settle for nothing, by the band ‘rage against the machine’
Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member …
Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. Mark Twain
Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens): Manuscript note, c.1882 (1835-1910)
People who object to weapons aren’t abolishing violence, they’re begging …
People who object to weapons aren’t abolishing violence, they’re begging for rule by brute force, when the biggest, strongest animals among men were always automatically ‘right.’ Guns ended that, and social democracy is a hollow farce without an armed populace to make it work. L. Neil Smith
The Probability Broach
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, …
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. Constitution of the United States of America
Amendment IV (1791)
It is better to be making the news than taking it, to …
It is better to be making the news than taking it, to be an actor rather than a critic. Winston Churchill
1898, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, British statesman and Prime Minister (1940-1945; 1951-1955) 1874-1965
The pig if I am not mistaken supplies us sausage, ham, and …
The pig if I am not mistakensupplies us sausage, ham, and bacon. Let others say his heart is bigI call it stupid of the pig. O. Nash
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind …
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits Thomas Jefferson
1816 (1743-1826).(Investor’s Business Daily, November 25, 1998)
The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are …
The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane. Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910)