PAINE, THOMAS - Accountable to Nobody

Plato - "If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools." - Plato 428 BC - 348 BC

SOWELL, THOMAS - "If you cannot achieve equality of performance among people born to the same parents and raised under the same roof, how realistic is it to expect to achieve it across broader and deeper social divisi

MADISON, JAMES - A Popular Government Without Popular Information, or the Means of Acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy, or Perhaps Both - James Madison 1751-1836

TWAIN, MARK - The More I Learn About People, the More I Like My Dog. - Mark Twain

TWAIN, MARK - No Amount of Evidence Will Ever Persuade an Idiot - Mark Twain 1835 - 1910

EVERYTHING ELSE - The More Corrupt the State, the More Numerous the Laws - Tacitus 56 A.D. - 120 A.D.

TWAIN, MARK - The truth has no defense against a fool determined to believe a lie. - Mark Twain 1835 - 1910

TWAIN, MARK - It's easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled. - Mark Twain 1835 - 1910

TWAIN, MARK - There are lies, damned lies and statistics. - Mark Twain 1835 - 1910