Quote of the Day for 2016-09-24

"In politics evils should be remedied not revenged."

— Napoleon III (1808-1873) Des Idées Napoléoniennes (1839) Translated by James Augustus Dorr (1859)

The Tramp scene from A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Quote of the Day for 2016-06-10

"As I see it, the sole motivating factor behind the death penalty is vengeance, not justice, and I firmly believe that a government that forbids killing among its citizens should not be in the business of killing people itself."

— Larry Flynt (1942-    ) "Don't Execute the Man Who Paralyzed Me," The Hollywood Reporter (October 17, 2013)

Electric Chair at Sing Sing by William van der Weyde (circa 1900)