tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198390912401056862.post3027018673528402962..comments2023-10-14T06:19:18.000-05:00Comments on Rocket Scientist: Saturday Quotathon: Politics, Politicians and PatriotismStephanie Barrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198390912401056862.post-5914145074237978252009-07-05T12:43:44.898-05:002009-07-05T12:43:44.898-05:00Great quotes,thanks for them.Great quotes,thanks for them.Mike Golchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14472496241893921107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198390912401056862.post-31521692983584889692009-07-05T10:36:37.226-05:002009-07-05T10:36:37.226-05:00Thanks, Roy, as always.
The Mother, I think that&...Thanks, Roy, as always.<br /><br />The Mother, I think that's the point. If being unpopular puts you at risk, perhaps your society isn't as free as it ought to be.Stephanie Barrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198390912401056862.post-78224065248857255772009-07-05T10:19:34.906-05:002009-07-05T10:19:34.906-05:00While I wish Adlai Stevenson was right, recent eve...While I wish Adlai Stevenson was right, recent events prove him wrong daily.<br /><br />Or maybe we aren't really a free society?The Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15157821003454766570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198390912401056862.post-76112244889289012802009-07-04T22:38:32.666-05:002009-07-04T22:38:32.666-05:00Now that's a great set of quotations on the th...Now that's a great set of quotations on the theme. I just have a few to add.<br /><br />"When the great Tao is forgotten, goodness and piety appear.<br />When the body's intelligence declines, cleverness and knowledge step forth.<br />When there is no peace in the family, filial piety begins.<br />When the country falls into chaos, patriotism is born."<br />– Tao Te Ching, chapter 18 (Stephen Mitchell trans.)<br /><br />"A brain that small shouldn't carry a stick that big."<br />~ Bertrand Laurence (folk musician) on George W. Bush<br /><br />"They call this war a cloud over the land. But they made the weather and then they stand in the rain and say 'S***, it's raining!'"<br />~ Ruby Thewes in "Cold Mountain" (Anthony Minghella, screenwriter)<br /><br />"People should not be afraid of their government; the government should be afraid of the people."<br />- V For VendettaRoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01648670975466222140noreply@blogger.com