No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience.
Theodore Roosevelt, 1858 – 1919
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Month: October 2008
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The rage for possession
Nowadays the rage for possession has got to such a pitch that there is nothing in the realm of nature, whether sacred or profane, out of which profit cannot be squeezed.
Desiderius Erasmus, 1466 – 1536
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Federico García Lorca
I was lucky enough to see with my own eyes the recent stock-market crash, where they lost several million dollars, a rabble of dead money that went sliding off into the sea. Never as then, amid suicides, hysteria, and groups of fainting people, have I felt the sensation of real death, death without hope, death that is nothing but rottenness, for the spectacle was terrifying but devoid of greatness.
Federico García Lorca, 1898 – 1936
Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.
Martin Luther King, Jr, 1929 – 1968
The best things in life aren’t things.
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A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.
The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.
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7-Eleven is doing their own presidential poll
ben:
When you buy coffee, you pick an Obama or McCain cup. So far, Obama is slaughtering McCain among 7-eleven customers.
From a local 7-11 here in the DC area yesterday afternoon…
Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.
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