*blank look*

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Becasue batocchio/digby says it better than I could...



"Honesty is the first chapter of the book of Wisdom." --Thomas Jefferson

"I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." --Thomas Jefferson

"A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges." -- Benjamin Franklin

"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both." -- Benjamin Franklin

"Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases." -- John Adams

"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." -- John Adams