“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.” — Robert A. Heinlein

Saturday, July 31, 2010

quote of the day

"History shows clearly that violent revolution, with the lone exception of the American Revolution of 1776, always leads to even worse government. Slow, determined peaceful reform, such as England pursued in the 18th and 19th centuries to throw off the Age of Monarchy, and such as Russia and China now pursue to throw off the Age of Communism, is the only answer to making government less corrupt."
-Dave Duffy

2 comments:

Namenlos said...

This is true.

Bubblehead Les. said...

I'm sure that a Survivor of Auschwitz, the Killing Fields of Cambodia, Tienaman Square, Iranian Protests of 2009 and the current residents of Cuba, North Korea and Burma, among others are more than willing to wait for peaceful change to occur, instead of taking up arms and fighting for their Liberty. But I'm a little prejudiced, since my Father put on his "Browncoat" in October of 1956 in Hungary. "...Might have been on the Losing Side, not sure it was the Wrong one..."