"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President,
or that we are to stand by the President,
right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally
treasonable to the American public."
-- Theodore Roosevelt (R) (1858-1919) speaking against Wilson's
crackdown on dissent after the US entered WW I
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for
good men [and women] to do nothing." -- Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they
do it from religious conviction." -- Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
"But for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh we deprive
a soul of the sun and light,
and of that proportion of life and time it had been born into
the world to enjoy." -- Plutarch (46-120) more
"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics
is that you end up being governed by your inferiors." --
Plato (427BC-347BC)
"The soul is the same in all living creatures, although the
body of each is different." -- Hippocrates (460BC-377BC)
"Only if we understand can we care. Only if we care
will we help. Only if we help shall all be saved."
-- Dr. Jane Goodall
"If anyone wants to save the planet, all they have to do
is just stop eating meat. That's the single most important
thing you could do...
Vegetarianism takes care of so many things in one shot: ecology,
famine, cruelty." -- Sir Paul McCartney more
