"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary
Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
-- Benjamin Franklin, quoted in Suzy Platt, Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of
    Quotations (Barnes and Noble, 1993), p. 201. 

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the boisterous sea of liberty. (Thomas
Jefferson)

"Congress has prepared to turn the Internet from one of the greatest
 resources of cultural, social and scientific information into the
 on-line equivalent of the children's reading room," the EFF.

"A signature file ... should not contain proverbs, quotes, etc."
                                   - Corporate email policy guidelines

"Never ascribe to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity."

"We're from the Government.  We're here to help you."

"Graft - It's not just for Republicans anymore" F. Pena ?

"The Internet perceives censorship as damage and routes around it"

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have
very few virtues.
				-- Abraham Lincoln

"Unix... best if used before: Tue Jan 19 03:14:08 2038 UTC"

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 Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey:
 Children need encouragement.  When a child gets an answer right and 
 comes and shows you, tell him it that it was just a lucky guess. 
 That way the child grows up feeling lucky.               brinskel@emr.ca 
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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety."
    - Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania

"Those who would sacrifice liberty for security, deserve neither." -- Benjamin Franklin

"He who surrenders liberty in the name of security will have neither." -- Benjamin Franklin

"Authority has always attracted the lowest elements in the human race.
All through history, mankind has been bullied by scum. Those who lord
it over their fellows and toss commands in every direction and would
boss the grass in the meadow about which way to bend in the wind are
the most depraved kind of prostitutes. They will submit to any
indignity, perform any vile act, do anything to achieve power. The
worst off-sloughings of the planet are the ingredients of sovereignty.
Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a
democracy the whores are us."
-- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759.