How vile and despicable war seems to me! I would rather be hacked to pieces than take part in such an abominable business.
Knowledge is power. . . knowled ge is safety. . . knowle dge is happiness.
The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that. . . it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.
The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
A true patriot will defend his country from its government.
When you abandon freedom to achieve security, you lose both and deserve neither.
Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.
We haven't developed a progressive vocabulary. We say something is "public," but we just mean it's viewable online. Or we say it's "open," but we just mean it's accessible. I would like for us to think about terms critically and maybe change our vocabulary a bit. What if pubic actually meant publicly-funded, or social meant socialized.
Did you hear something, Nora?” Vee asked. “I thought I heard something. ” “You definitely heard something,” I agreed. “Could that be … a dog fart I heard?” Vee asked me.
Things which are equal to the same thing are also equal to one another.
I have to go make books. Sorry about that.