pondering

"If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler." Alfonso the Wise, 13th century King of Castile, commenting on the Almagest, by Ptolemy.

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"He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression: for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach unto himself." Thomas Paine

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"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their consciences." C. S. Lewis

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"The evils of tyranny are rarely seen but by him who resists it." John Hay

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I watched Studio 60 Monday night. I wasn't wow'd - but it was okay. I guess I just expected more from Aaron Sorkin. I still remember how amazed, awed, I was by The West Wing the first time I saw it and I guess I was expecting the same reaction.