Ken, Allyn, I like your comment.

Thomas Paine was simply great.

Spencer Tracy played Clarence Darrow in the great movie, " Inherit the Wind". It's all about the Scopes trial in Tennessee.

E Archer said it well.

Mike , well said.

Archer, are you saying that our government doesn't love us. I guess that you are and you are right.

warren,olathe, Don't mix Abe Lincoln in with the good guys. He was a snake who caused the deaths of over 600,000 people and had little thought of freeing slaves. Read the " Real Lincoln " or "Lincoln Unmasked" and get the truth about old Honest Abe.

Or at least once a week on Saturday night.

True quote and thanks to Ronw13 for not writing a 2000 word tome.

A lie gets around the world before the truth can get it's pants on. From Winston Churchill and not necessary verbatim .

J Carlton, I love your line about democracy being mob rule in a cheap suit. I plan to put it on the wall next to my computer along with other good quotes. Thanks.

We have an ample supply of "Mysterious Powers" in our government. Thousands of people making policy that never need to be elected and remain mostly unseen.

Robert, France, please name a few of Americas war crimes.

Funny and true.

Mark Twain usually gets it right.

Ron13, get to the point . Condense your gibberish to a few dozen sentences.

Can't argue with this.

Every government is evil, some just more than others.

"Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under". H.L.Mencken

I'll keep it short, this is a good quote.

A good example of an unjust law is a law that imprisons a person for growing or possessing marijuana . That's why we have a batch of new prisons and all jails are half full of non violent people. My drug of choice is caffeine via coffee.

Ronw13, I agree that no unjust law should be observed , however , some need to be observed in order to stay out of prison.

Logan , Memphis, well said except that the slaves don't think that they are slaves.

Never underestimate the power of stupid people (voters) in large numbers. Proof is all around us.

How Waffler can disagree with this quote is a mystery.