If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
-- Mark Twain
However much you deny the truth, the truth goes on existing.
-- George Orwell
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
-- Herbert Spencer
One of the most fascinating historical aspects of governments is their complete disregard for governing.
Governments are single-minded and interested only in increasing their control, and any ‘governance’ that comes out of the government’s actions is purely coincidental!
The lowest flunky, as well as the most powerful bureaucrat, is more interested in protecting his sinecure than in helping pitiable citizens who coughed-up tax money to pay their salaries.
-- Hank Quense