Linux Politics

The problem with most conspiracy theories is that they seem to believe that
for a group of people to behave in a way detrimental to the common good
requires intent.

The problem with this country is that there is no death penalty for
incompetence.

The public demands certainties;  it must be told definitely and a bit
raucously that this is true and that is false.  But there are no certainties.
                -- H.L. Mencken, "Prejudice"

The public is an old woman.  Let her maunder and mumble.
                -- Thomas Carlyle

The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but
because it gave pleasure to the spectators.
                -- Thomas Macaulay, "History of England"

The question is, why are politicians so eager to be president?  What is it
about the job that makes it worth revealing, on national television, that
you have the ethical standards of a slime-coated piece of industrial waste?
                -- Dave Barry, "On Presidential Politics"

The revolution will not be televised.

"The Right Honorable Gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests
and to his imagination for his facts."
                -- Sheridan

The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
                -- Lewis Carroll

The scum also rises.
                -- Dr. Hunter S. Thompson