Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.
In religion and politics people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at issue but have taken them at second-hand from other non-examiners, whose opinions about them were not worth a brass farthing.
Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its one sure defense.
Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable.
Fleas can be taught nearly anything that a congressman can.
Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.
Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it.
The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.
There are lies, damned lies, and statistics.
We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles.
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Please share your opinions in a mature manner, and keep it clean. If you're angry, express it, but don't go off on a tangent and rage. If you disagree, do so respectfully, without personal assault on another commentor (or me - if you don't like me, don't read me). Rant against government reps/public figures if you wish, but keep it legitimate and relevant. No racial/sexual/religious etc etc slurs - ie no discrimination against a group in general (except, for example, Congress, big media, etc). Within respectable boundaries, I really do appreciate your comments and welcome differing points of view. The entire point is to see all sides, all our options, and try to wade through the deceptions and bullcrap in general, and decide for ourselves what is true so we are making informed and intelligent decisions.