To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men -- that is genius.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
-- Edward Abbey

Those who are willing to trade freedom for security deserve neither freedom nor security.
-- Benjamin Franklin

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
-- Edmund Burke (misquotation)

It is nothing to discover that another person turns you on; that's commonplace. But to discover that you and another person are mutually turned on by deep instincts you bring out in each other--instincts involving the very way you live your lives--is rare, and makes you tremble with joy and risk the unthinkable.
-- Roger Ebert

Every sadness of the human heart, every indignity of the human condition, every tragedy of the human experience, can be attributed to one human decision--the decision to withdraw from each other.
-- Neal Donald Walsh

Love is the essential existential fact. It is our ultimate reality and our purpose on earth. To be consciously aware of it, to experience love in ourselves and others, is the meaning of life.
-- Marianne Williamson

It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.
-- Winston Churchill

I have seen the birth of planets and the death of worlds. I have seen galaxies crumble and new suns aborning. But in every star, in every sun, I see her face!
-- The Silver Surfer (Stan Lee)

USENET is a wonderful, fabulous place for the public discussion and debate of ideas - even with all of its problems, it is still the best communications medium humanity has ever invented. It is not a kind and gentle fairyland where everyone's ideas are supported and nurtured and allowed to pass, no matter how bizarre, because they represent the special uniqueness of each individual.
-- Mark Hughes

An absolutist will always win over a reasonable person, because the absolutist doesn't mind shouting and the reasonable person is crippled by having to use logic.
-- Stan Brown