#rve

We are expected to believe that anyone who objects to the Department of Homeland Security or the USA Patriot Act is a terrorist, and that the only way to preserve our freedom is to hand it over to the government for safekeeping. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#anyone #believe #department #expected #freedom

It's often been observed that the first casualty of war is the truth. But that's a lie, too, in its way. The reality is that, for most wars to begin, the truth has to have been sacrificed a long time in advance. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#been #begin #casualty #first #lie

The fact is that surveys which media people openly admit to show that fewer than twelve percent of their customers believe they're doing a good job, while the average profit margin in television is in the neighborhood of eighty percent. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#average #believe #customers #doing #eighty

Faith and doubt both are needed - not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve. ↗

— Lillian Smith

#around #both #curve #doubt #needed

Those who set out to serve both God and Mammon soon discover that there is no God. ↗

— Logan P. Smith

#discover #god #mammon #out #serve

It's marvellous to be popular, but foolish to think it will last. ↗

— Dusty Springfield

#last #marvellous #popular #think #will

Without the Guard and Reserve, our active duty troops could hardly deploy. ↗

— John Spratt

#could #deploy #duty #guard #hardly

A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble. ↗

— Charles Spurgeon

#carve #character #good #good character #hearts

If programmers deserve to be rewarded for creating innovative programs, by the same token they deserve to be punished if they restrict the use of these programs. ↗

— Richard Stallman

#deserve #innovative #programmers #programs #punished

If you use a proprietary program or somebody else's web server, you're defenceless. You're putty in the hands of whoever developed that software. ↗

— Richard Stallman

#else #hands #program #proprietary #server