In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. – Thomas Jefferson
If he who employs coercion against me could mould me to his purposes by argument, no doubt he would. He pretends to punish me because his argument is strong; but he really punishes me because his argument is weak. – William Godwin
There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words. – Thomas Reid
Brainy folks were also present in Lyndon Johnson’s administration, especially in the Pentagon, where Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara’s brilliant ‘whiz kids’ tried to micro-manage the Vietnam war, with disastrous results. – Thomas Sowell