Like every living thing its prime characteristic is a blind, unreasoned instinct to survive.

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. - Second Amendment to the Constitution An armed society is a polite society.

There is no such thing as luck; there is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe.

You don’t pay back, you pay forward.

The greatest fallacy of democracy is that everyone's opinion is worth the same.

Cast me into a dungeon, burn me at the stake, crown me king of kings, I can 'pursue happiness' as long as my brain lives - but neither gods nor saints, wise men nor subtle drugs, can ensure that I will catch it.

Anyone can see a forest fire. Skill lies in sniffing the first smoke.