Quote of the Day for 2015-12-18

"Every institution not only carries within it the seeds of its own dissolution, but prepares the way for its most hated rival."

— W.R. Inge (1860-1954) "Democracy and the Future," The Atlantic Monthly, March 1922

George W. Bush aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln during his infamous Mission Accomplished speech (May 1, 2003)

Quote of the Day for 2015-10-16

"The working of great administrations is mainly the result of a vast mass of routine, petty malice, self-interest, carelessness and sheer mistake. Only a residual fraction is thought."

— Giorgio de Santillana (1902-1974) The Crime of Galileo

Political cartoon by John Cameron, mocking President Lincoln and his cabinet. Published by Currier and Ives. (c. 1864)