Quote of the Day #6
Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.Antonio Gramsci
Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.Antonio Gramsci
I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.Thomas Jefferson
People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.J. Danforth Quayle
A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward.Franklin D. Roosevelt, Radio Address, Oct. 26, 1939
In 1996 the United Nations Development Programme reported that the assets of the world's 358 billionaires exceeded the combined incomes of 45 per cent of the world's population.Jeff Faux & Larry Mishel, Inequality and the Global Economy
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.Lazarus Long (Robert Heinlein)