"Bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate which would be oppression."

--Thomas Jefferson's Inaugural Address, 1801


"We have not done too well with that concept... and the proof of our failure is the wreckage of Jefferson's dream that haunts us on every side, from coast to coast, on the TV news and a thousand daily newspapers."

--Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, Better Than Sex


"Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity...."

--W.B. Yeats, "The Second Coming"

Labels: Subversive Ideas

04 July, 2006