Linux Politics

When smashing monuments, save the pedstals -- they always come in handy.
                -- Stanislaw J. Lem, "Unkempt Thoughts"

When some people decide it's time for everyone to make big changes,
it means that they want you to change first.

When taxes are due, Americans tend to feel quite bled-white and blue.

When the government bureau's remedies don't match your problem, you modify
the problem, not the remedy.

When the revolution comes, count your change.

When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is
not hereditary.
                -- Thomas Paine

When we jumped into Sicily, the units became separated, and I couldn't find
anyone.  Eventually I stumbled across two colonels, a major, three captains,
two lieutenants, and one rifleman, and we secured the bridge.  Never in the
history of war have so few been led by so many.
                -- General James Gavin

When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve
people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.
                -- Norm Crosby

When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.
                -- Harry Truman

When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.
                -- Winston Churchill, on formal declarations of war