A society that will trade a little order for a little freedom will lose both, and deserve neither.-- Thomas Jefferson
Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.-- Thomas Jefferson
They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty or safety.-- Benjamin Franklin
Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us.-- Justice William O. Douglas
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.-- William Pitt (Earl of Chatham), speech in the House of Lords, November 18, 1783
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 (1918)
But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.-- Hermann Goering
The danger to political dissent is acute where the Government attempts to act under so vague a concept as the power to protect "domestic security." Given the difficulty of defining the domestic security interest, the danger of abuse in acting to protect that interest becomes apparent.-- U.S. Supreme Court decision (407 U.S. 297 (1972)
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.-- Samuel Johnson
The difference between patriotism and nationalism is that the patriot is proud of his country for what it does, and the nationalist is proud of his country no matter what it does; the first attitude creates a feeling of responsibility, but the second a feeling of blind arrogance that leads to war.-- Sydney J. Harris
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.-- Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd president of the US (1882-1945)
As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both instances there is a twilight where everything remains seemingly unchanged, and it is in such a twilight that we must be aware of the change in the air, however slight, lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness.-- Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas
Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us?-- Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas
The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people.-- Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas
You don't lead by hitting people over the head-that's assault, not leadership.-- Dwight D. Eisenhower
May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.-- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Unix is simple, but it takes a genius to understand the simplicity.--Dennis Ritchie
E. Pluribus UNIX
VMS isn't the answer. VMS is the question. The answer is no.-- Jim Frost
UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things.-- Doug Gwyn
If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done.-- Scott Adams
C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success.--Dennis Ritchie
one of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that, lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs--Robert Firth
Interestingly, most Unix utilities have a command line option which will cause the system to rip the user's legs off and beat them to death with the soggy ends. This is often the default behaviour.-- Bruce Murphy
IBM's Unix license is irrevocable, perpetual and fully paid up. It cannot be terminated. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It does not feel pity, remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead.--Slashdot
We should be ADVANCING on X.400--Albert Langer
With rifles and flamethrowers.--Henry Spencer
The two main design principles of the NeXT machine appear to be revenge and spite.--Don Lancaster
My theory is that IBM believes that when they urinate in something, it improves the flavor.-- Daniel P. B. Smith
We may just have to destroy USENET, in order to save it.-- Kurt Lidl
Internet mail headers are not unlike giblets.-- Paul Vixie
If you do not like the Internet e-mail system, you are free to abandon your use of it. One less cretin sending e-mail is a net gain.-- Mark Crispin
Bill Gates is a monocle and a white fluffy cat from being a villain in the next Bond film.-- Dennis Miller
You have lazy and argumentative and hateful friends. That doesn't mean we don't love you any less.-- J. Hsu
I'm glad they have a new CEO. I hope he's up to the task, and that his vision isn't crushed by the deafening sound of dialtone.-- Mike O'Dell
Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats.-- Howard Aiken
I'm bitter but not disappointed. But somehow Microsoft, like the Bush administration, always manages to be worse than I expected.-- M. Shields
There's never time to do it right, but always time to do it over.
The rational view of the world is but one of many.-- Harold Walls
See http://ftp.logica.com/~stepneys/joke/klingon.htm for the original list.
What is this talk of 'release'? Klingons do not make software 'releases'. Our software 'escapes' leaving a bloody trail of designers and quality assurance people in its wake.-- Worf
Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it and let them flee like the dogs they are!-- Worf
All nouns can be verbed.-- traditional
Verbing weirds language.-- Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes
First they came for the verbs, and I said nothing because verbing weirds language. Then they arrival for the nouns, and I speech nothing because I no verbs.-- Peter Ellis, as posted in alt.fan.pratchett
The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.-- James D. Nicoll
Nauseous. Nauseated. The first means 'sickening to contemplate'; the second means 'sick at the stomach.' Do not, therefore, say, 'I feel nauseous,' unless you are sure you have that effect on others.-- William Strunk Jr., "The Elements of Style"
I don't want to call a destructor on my objects, I want to call a destroyer. Gozer has come for your memory, little PersistentNode!-- Joel Gluth
Hmm, the word "Necrodotcomnicon" has just popped into my brain, but I don't know what to do with it.-- Malcolm Ray
Why kill when you can overkill?-- Vijay Gill
I sat around during the design phase going "this is going to suck so badly that we're going to have to hold onto desks to stop us from being drawn into the vortex".-- Chris "Saundo" Saunderson
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