Now I know

Statesmen had abandoned the idea that the purpose of statemanship was the maintenance of peace, and now acted on the principle that the function of the diplomat was to make a profit out of confusion.

-- Murray Leinster ( author; June 16, 1896 - June 8, 1975), 4 From Planet 5

Any doubts?

Privacy is always a threat to tyranny, and that is why events continue to arise that provide excuses for governmental insistance that privacy be forfeited.

-- David J. Meyer (May 2002), www.lasttrumpetministries.org

Yep:

People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.

-- Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855)

Food for thought:

Half this game is ninety percent mental.

-- Yogi Berra

What is a committee?

A group of the unwilling, picked from the unfit, to do the unnecessary.

-- Mark Twain

A committee is the only known form of life with a hundred bellies and no brain.

-- Robert Heinlein, Methuselah's Children

Patriotism:

Patriotism means supporting your country always, and your government when it deserves it.

-- Mark Twain

Political Correctness:

The mechanism by which immoral people seek to legitimize their immorality and criminalize the condemnation of that same immorality.

-- Darry Deaton, Marine Corps Veteran

Run That By Me Again:

"Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992 because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply if there is a change in your circumstances."

-- Department of Social Services, Greenville, South Carolina     (Posted 2/4/2005)

"Please provide the date of your death."

-- from an IRS letter

Good Advice:

"One good reason for maintaining only a small circle of friends is that three out of four murders are committed by people who know the victim."

-- George Carlin

Ain't It The Truth!

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant. It's just that they know so much that isn't so."

-- Ronald Reagan

"Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first."

-- Ronald Reagan

Awful Lot Of Chickens Running Around Here.

"This will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave"

-- Elmer Davis, author