Last Century's Wisdom

[Demeter]

"Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition,it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear"

---Harry S. Truman

"The government is the potent omnipresent teacher. For good or ill it teaches thewhole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker,it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; itinvites anarchy. To declare that the end justifies the means -- to declare that the government may commit crimes -- would bring terrible retribution":

---Justice Louis D. Brandeis

[angrycarpenter]

1. great words from great men

where is the wisdom now? will people be quoting our present leadership 50 years from now? Doubtful.