Linux Politics

"Ubi non accusator, ibi non judex."

(Where there is no police, there is no speed limit.)
                -- Roman Law, trans. Petr Beckmann (1971)

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a
just man is also a prison.
                -- Henry David Thoreau

Under any conditions, anywhere, whatever you are doing, there is some
ordinance under which you can be booked.
                -- Robert D. Sprecht, Rand Corp.

Under capitalism, man exploits man.  Under communism, it's just the opposite.
                -- J.K. Galbraith

Under every stone lurks a politician.
                -- Aristophanes

United Nations, New York, December 25.  The peace and joy of the Christmas
season was marred by a proclamation of a general strike of all the military
forces of the world.  Panic reigns in the hearts of all the patriots of
every persuasion.  Meanwhile, fears of universal disaster sank to an all-time
low over the world.
                -- Isaac Asimov

Unknown person(s) stole the American flag from its pole in Etra Park sometime
between 3pm Jan 17 and 11:30 am Jan 20.  The flag is described as red, white
and blue, having 50 stars and was valued at $40.
                -- Windsor-Heights Herald "Police Blotter", Jan 28, 1987

Unquestionably, there is progress.  The average American now pays out
twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages.
                -- H. L. Mencken

Usually, when a lot of men get together, it's called a war.
                -- Mel Brooks, "The Listener"

Veni, vidi, vici.
        [I came, I saw, I conquered].
                -- Gaius Julius Caesar