Quote of the Day for 2016-09-23

"Tyranny, in this model, is not created by tyrants alone but by neurotic masses who want tyrants."

— Robert Anton Wilson (1932-2007) Everything is Under Control (1998)

Donald Trump speaking at FreedomFest in Las Vegas (July 11, 2015) Photograph by L.E. Baskow

Quote of the Day for 2016-06-17

"I confess that I do not see what good it does to fulminate against the English tyranny while the Roman tyranny occupies the palace of the soul."

— James Joyce (1882-1941) "Ireland, Island of Saints and Sages," a lecture at Università Popolare, Trieste, Austria-Hungary (April 27, 1907)

An unidentified Magdalene Laundry in Ireland (circa 1900)

Quote of the Day for 2015-10-19

"Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are all embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate."

— Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) "Freedom in Society," Harper's Monthly Magazine, March 1926

Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher wave to photographers after their arrival in Camp David on December, 22 1984. (UPI/AFP/GettyImages)