"A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way." ~Mark Twain

"It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority."
— Benjamin Franklin

“An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes."
~Sun Tzu

"Oh boy, how you gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus. "

-The Dude

” Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. ”
~John Adams

“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”

― Theodore Roosevelt

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.

My mantra for 2025 certainly seems appropriate.