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Posted on April 28, 2021April 28, 2021

“The basis of a democratic state is liberty.”—Aristotle, Greek philosopher & polymath, 384-322 BC

Posted on April 9, 2021April 9, 2021

“Consistency is a paste jewel that only cheap men cherish.”—William Allen White, American newspaper editor, 1868-1944

Posted on April 7, 2021April 7, 2021

“Laws are like sausages; it is better not to see them being made.”—Otto von Bismarck (attr.), German statesman, 1815-1898

Posted on March 25, 2021March 25, 2021

“It is not necessary to advertise food to hungry people, fuel to cold people, or houses to the homeless.”—John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-American economist, 1908-2006

Posted on September 23, 2016August 15, 2021

“A man should be jailed for telling lies to the young.”—Lillian Hellman, American playwright, 1905-1984

Posted on April 8, 2016August 25, 2021

“Union gives strength.”—Aesop, Greek fabulist, 620-564 BC

Posted on March 4, 2016March 17, 2023

“My only great qualification for being put at the head of the Navy is that I am very much at sea.”—Sir Edward Carson, Irish politician, 1854-1935

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