Democracy is government by the people, for the people. Without the responsibility of the people, and without the involvement of the people - all you have left is GOVERNMENT.

Slavery of the heart, oh Love - a prisoner of will thou art - proof that love, while blissful, can oft also be Hell. Demonstrative definition thou art, that love can be strategic as well!

Knowing who you are is more valuable than having ten 'friends' who don't even know who they are, but who judge you anyway.

If you hate others in the name of God, you should be looking within to see where it stopped being about God and where it started being about YOU.

It is easy for those who conflate religion with government to interpret any criticism of government or policy as an 'attack' on their 'faith'.

But it’s a hundred and twelve years old!” He protested.“She still works pretty good.” Deire maintained. “Stardrive gets a mite twitchy at warp 4, but that’s just a dodgy plasma injector.

You can pass any law you like to make 'criminals' of those you don't like and then justify it with whatever stupid reasoning that appeals to you. Is that rule of law - or tyranny?

Dominating others is not equality.

They tell us variety is the spice of life - and yet diversity terrifies them.

The Angry Face" cannot deliver the knowledge correctly often!

You want to give him the book of his own life, the book that will locate him, parent him, arm him for the changes.

Failure doesn't exist. It's only a change of direction.

When rumours increase, and when there is an abundance of noise and clamour, believe the second report.

Sometimes the most beautiful thing is precisely the one that comes unexpectedly and unearned, hence something given truly as a present.

Civilization, like an airplane in flight, survives only as it keeps going forward.

It is up to the historians, not politicians, to judge what happened in the past. Politicians look into the future.

Language exists only when it is listened to as well as spoken. The hearer is an indispensable partner.

He who does not oppose evil......commands it to be done.

I always thought Uncle Vanya could be a stoned masterpiece.