"Unionism seldom, if ever, uses such power as it has to insure better work; almost always it devotes a large part of that power to safeguarding bad work." —H.L. Mencken
"We can forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light." —Plato
"Whatever man loves, that is his god. For he carries it in his heart; he goes about with it night and day; he sleeps and wakes with it, be it what it may—wealth or self, pleasure or renown." —Martin Luther
"War is war, and it has never been the case that when you captured a combatant you have to give them a jury trial in your civil courts. Give me a break." —Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia re Gitmo "detainees"