One might define adulthood as the age at which a person learns that he must die ...and accepts his sentence undismayed.
Robert A. HeinleinMost people can't think, most of the remainder won't think, and the small fraction who do think mostly can't do it very well.
Robert A. HeinleinWhat is supposed to happen in a democracy is that each sovereign citizen will always vote in the public interest for the safety and welfare of all. But what does happen is that he votes his own self-interest as he sees it... which for the majority translates as 'Bread and Circuses'.
Robert A. Heinlein