History does not record anywhere or at any time a religion that has any rational basis.

The trouble with conspiracies is that they rot internally.

Never appeal to a man's 'better nature.' He may not have one. Invoking his self-interest gives you more leverage.

Man has no moral instinct. He is not born with moral sense. You were not born with it, I was not - and a puppy has none. We acquire moral sense, when we do, through training, experience, and hard sweat of the mind.

Liberty is never unalienable, it must be redeemed regularly with the blood of patriots or it always vanishes.

Never force an idea; you'll abort it if you do.

When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere. The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere.