February 02, 2005

Quotes:

Some thoughts to consider...

    By Jack Grant

Since I can't generate anything on my own at the moment, here are some thoughts that are worth thinking more about:

The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.
   -William H. Borah

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
   -H. L. Mencken

We can forgive you for killing our sons. But we will never forgive you for making us kill yours.
   -Golda Meir to Anwar Saddat just before the peace talks



Posted by Jack Grant at 13:37 on 2 February 2005
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