Valpo. Twain made fun of government over and over. I doubt that he was a liberal in the sense of what liberals are today, namely people who have severe mental problems. The liberal element in our government, both parties, has spent our country past bankruptcy and Twain would never have approved of this.

I was a little surprised to see my reply above since I had not yet replied to this quote. That being said I agree to it even though I didn't send it.

Sorry I missed yesterdays quotes. Waffler, you said that Hitler was a right wing conservative, are you kidding. You've said some pretty stupid things before, but this one tops them all. Hitler was a left wing socialist if ever there was one.

Editor, please, in the future run the quotes past Professor Waffler before putting them in our email. And to keep the Professor happy, you could throw in a few quotes from Chairman Mao now and then.

Waff, the quotes are fine, it's your replies that are beyond ignorant.

Waff, wrong again. Home schooled kids almost always do better on tests than public schooled kids. The above quote is correct, Ms Hegener knows what she is talking about. Our public schools are a mess.

And government likes to keep people helpless and dependent.

He was probably talking about government controlled schools.

Self Esteem is the big thing nowadays. After all, we wouldn't want to hurt one of the little darlin's feelings, even if he can't spell his own name. C.S. hit the nail on the head and perfectly describes todays public schools.

I'm not much of a Lincoln fan and I really don't care whether he said this or not, but it is certainly true.

10 stars at least.

J Carlton, if you ever run for president, you have my vote.

The last line of the quote reminded me of a limerick, as follows. "There once was a man named Nesser, whose knowledge grew lesser and lesser, it at last grew so small he knew nothing at all, and now he's a college professor."

As someone on this very site once said, " Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers." This is usually proven around election time.

The Peter Principle, one great book. It explains why every organization eventually has bad management somewhere along the way.

Well said J and Mike.

tori, Maybe you need another boy friend or maybe he needs another girl friend. Did either of you finish 4th grade in less than 3 years..??

From a man who wanted to centralize power in Washington so bad that he was willing to invade the South at the cost of over 600,000 American lives.

You work hard to earn it and the government works hard to steal it from you.

One advantage to death, it only happens once while taxes occur every day. They are especially onerous around April 15th each year.

Jury nullification works pretty well but too bad that 99% of juries have no knowledge of it. Most lawyers have never heard of it, just ask the next one you meet. In any trial, the defendent and the law are both to be judged. If the law is bad, the jury can vote not guilty and thus effectively nullify that law. Your chance of ever hearing a judge mention this at a trial is roughly the same as winning the lottery. Give a man a gavel and a black robe and he thinks he's God.

Unilateral disarmament is suicide.

Summed up well in two sentences.

The difference between a thief and a politician is simple. A thief goes to jail when he steals from you and a politician gets reelected.

I can't imagine anyone on this site supporting Hillary, with the possible exception of Reston and Waffler. As to the quote, our government has paid no heed to the people for many years, the current administration being the worst in that regard.