"Patriotism in its simplest, clearest, and most indubitable meaning is nothing but an instrument for the attainment of the government's ambitious and mercenary aims, and a renunciation of human dignity, common sense, and conscience by the governed, and a slavish submission to those who hold power. That is what is really preached wherever patriotism is championed. Patriotism is slavery."

-- Leo Tolstoy

#War Quotes #Government Quotes #Common Sense Quotes

“In war, our elders may give the orders...but it is the young who have to fight.”
“I consider the Detroit Red Wings one of the greatest franchises in any sport. For a player to come in and play, it's so special to wear the jersey.”
“I believe that mathematical reality lies outside us, that our function is to discover or observe it, and that the theorems which we prove, and which we describe grandiloquently as our "creations," are simply the notes of our observations.”

Source : G. H. Hardy (1992). “A Mathematician's Apology”, p.123, Cambridge University Press
“Scrubbing the floor when no one else wanted to was something that my mother would have done. If I can't be with her, the least I can do is act like her sometimes.”
“Inside me there is a fat man dying to get out.”
“If I go out with a jacket and a pair of trousers that my wife doesn't like, you can bet your ***** it ain't in my wardrobe the following day. I say that it gets lost in the sky.”
“I've always noted with some awe the reading habits of the Australian public. Australians read more newspapers and magazines per head of population than almost any other country in the world.”
“Ours is a system of corporate socialism, where companies capitalize their profits and socialize their lossesâ€¦in effect, they tax you for their accidents, bungling, boondoggles, and mismanagement, just like a government. We should be able to deselect them.”

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