Posted on November 19, 2020 “All kings is mostly rapscallions.”—Jim in ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ (by Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens, American humorist, 1835-1910)
Posted on November 15, 2020 “Machines, from the Maxim gun to the computer, are for the most part, means by which a minority can keep free men in subjection.”—Sir Kenneth Clark, British art historian, 1903-1983
Posted on November 13, 2020 “When it is not necessary to make a decision, it is necessary not to make a decision.”—Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland; English politician; 1610-1643
Posted on November 11, 2020 “It takes two to speak the truth—one to speak and another to hear.”—Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, 1817-1862
Posted on November 9, 2020 “I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because I detest the sort of people who go to lectures and don’t want to meet them.”—H.L. Mencken, American satirist, 1880-1956
Posted on November 7, 2020 “The meek shall inherit the earth—but not the mineral rights.”—J. Paul Getty, British petrol-industrialist, 1892-1976
Posted on November 5, 2020 “An honest politician is one who, when he’s bought, stays bought.”—Simon Cameron, American businessman & politician, 1799-1889
Posted on November 4, 2020November 4, 2020 “Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.”—Martin Luther King, Jr., American minister & activist, 1929-1968
Posted on November 3, 2020 “Books cannot be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory….In this war, we know, books are weapons.”—Franklin D. Roosevelt, American president, 1882-1945
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