The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract.

Quote by Robert A Heinlein

Topics: Government Quotes

A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill.

A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill.

One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of...

One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of...

Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.

Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your...

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your...

The difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning while those...

The difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning while those...

Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy.

Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy.

For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.

For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a...

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a...

No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.

No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.

Since when was an emotional argument won by logic?

Since when was an emotional argument won by logic?

Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do.

Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do.

A great artist can look at an old woman, portray her exactly as she is......

A great artist can look at an old woman, portray her exactly as she is......

Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.

Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.

To be matter-of-fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy - and dull fantasy...

To be matter-of-fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy - and dull fantasy...

By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good...

By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good...

An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to...

An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to...

Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again.

Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again.

I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I...

I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I...

They didn't want it good, they wanted it Wednesday.

They didn't want it good, they wanted it Wednesday.

When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects,...

When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects,...