Language is by its very nature a communal thing; that is, it expresses never the exact thing but a compromise — that which is common to you, me, and everybody. – Thomas Earnest Hulme, Speculations, 1923
It doesnt matter that Bush scares the hell out of me. What matters is that he scares the hell out of a lot of very important people in Washington who cant speak out, in the military, in the intelligence community. – Seymour Hersh
Italy has piled up huge public debt because the successive governments were too close to the life of ordinary citizens, too willing to please the requests of everybody, thereby acting against the interests of future generations. – Mario Monti
