if there wasn't organized oppression,
there wouldn't be organized resistance,
and what you call terrorism would not exist.
  - Deus Ex


tell a man there is a trillion suns in the universe and he'll believe you.
tell a man he's sitting on wet paint and he'll touch it to be sure.


people are competitive about how unfortunate they are


Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England,
nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, 
it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple 
matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, 
or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship.


Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. 
That is easy. 
All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists 
for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. 
It works the same in any country.

	- Hermann Goring 18 April 1946 


History is a set of lies that people have agreed upon
	- Napoleon 


The day Microsoft makes a product that does not suck will be the day they start making vacuum cleaners.


The less you know, the more you believe.