It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong. – Voltaire
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Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the laziest and commonest of the vices. – George Bernard Shaw, Maxims for Revolutionists
I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. – Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do. – Edmund Burke, Second Speech on Conciliation, 1775
Putin has a lot at stake here and restoring the relationship with the United States, and there are already signs as Sandy mentioned that hes moving in the right direction to begin to ascertain that their trade with Iran is not used for the production of nuclear weapons. – Frank Carlucci
Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten. – Dick Gregory
