“Conservatives want to be your daddy. Liberals want to be your mommy. Libertarians want to treat adults like adults.”

–David Boaz of the Cato Institute in a tweet to the Cato On Campus twitter feed

“A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned–this is the sum of good government.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil.”

— Thomas Paine

“It is never too late to become what you might have been.”

— George Eliot

I thought this quote was apropos, given my post from yesterday.

“The enemy performed with his customary skill and precision. And so, unfortunately, did we.”

— A French officer observing the Austrians in action against the Prussians, 1760. (A little subtle military humor from the Seven Years’ War)

“It’s no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.”

— Mark Twain