metalman
09-04-2008, 03:32 PM
One of my fave funny ones is from James Watt regarding the staff....
"I have a black, a woman, two Jews and a cripple. And we have talent."
It cost him his job...which was stupid. People are far too sensitive. :rolleyes:
Some of the best ever that should make people think are from Ben Franklin....
On sacrificing civil liberties for security reasons...
Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.
On separation church and state....
"When a religion is good, I conceive it will support itself; and when it does not support itself, and God does not take care to support it so that its professors are obliged to call for help of the civil power, 'tis a sign, I apprehend, of its being a bad one."
What are yours???
"I have a black, a woman, two Jews and a cripple. And we have talent."
It cost him his job...which was stupid. People are far too sensitive. :rolleyes:
Some of the best ever that should make people think are from Ben Franklin....
On sacrificing civil liberties for security reasons...
Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.
On separation church and state....
"When a religion is good, I conceive it will support itself; and when it does not support itself, and God does not take care to support it so that its professors are obliged to call for help of the civil power, 'tis a sign, I apprehend, of its being a bad one."
What are yours???