government

The internet and censorship

The internet treats censorship like damage and routes around it.

— John Gilmore

Obstacles to democracy

The two greatest obstacles to democracy in the United States are, first, the widespread delusion among the poor that we have a democracy, and second, the chronic terror among the rich, lest we get it.

— Edward Dowling

There's no trick to being a humorist

There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.

— Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)

The essence of Christianity

The essence of Christianity is told us in the Garden of Eden history. The fruit that was forbidden was on the tree of knowledge. The subtext is, All the suffering you have is because you wanted to find out what was going on. You could be in the Garden of Eden if you had just keep your fucking mouth shut and hadn't asked any questions. 

— Frank Zappa

Under the clouds of war

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

former Republican President of the USA

What did liberals do that is so offensive to the Republicans

Liberals got women the right to vote. Liberals got African-Americans the right to vote. Liberals created Social Security and lifted millions ......of elderly people out of poverty. Liberals ended segregation. Liberals passed the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act. Liberals created Medicare. Liberals passed the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act. What did Conservatives do? They opposed them on every one of those things...every one!

— Matt Santos

The West Wing

The right answer

My job is to get to the right answer, not the consensus answer. Sometimes the only way to get there is dissent.

— Eric Schmidt

Google CEO

The hardest thing to understand

The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax.

— Albert Einstein

A little rebellion

A little rebellion is a good thing now and then.

— Thomas Jefferson

Religion

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.

— Seneca the Younger
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