Linux Politics

"Those who do not do politics will be done in by politics."
                -- French Proverb

Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty
Often have a share in their misfortunes.
                -- Bertolt Brecht, "The Caucasian Chalk Circle"

Those who have some means think that the most important thing in the
world is love.  The poor know that it is money.
                -- Gerald Brenan

Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are
men who want rain without thunder and lightning.  They want the ocean
without the roar of its many waters.
                -- Frederick Douglass

To be excellent when engaged in administration is to be like the North
Star.  As it remains in its one position, all the other stars surround it.
                -- Confucius

To make tax forms true they should read "Income Owed Us" and "Incommode You".

To say you got a vote of confidence would be to say you needed a vote of
confidence.
                -- Andrew Young

To think contrary to one's era is heroism.  But to speak against it is madness.
                -- Eugene Ionesco

To use violence is to already be defeated.
                -- Chinese proverb

Today is a good day to bribe a high-ranking public official.