My father is a fire chief and was a fire fighter when I was growing up and I always looked up to him. So, I found out about 911 dispatchers, not something I had ever thought about, and put in for it.
Nothing but heaven is impregnable to vice.
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
To reason with goverments, as they have existed for ages, is to argue with brutes. It is only from the nations themselves that reforms can be expected
A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.
The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
Everyone, in some small sacred sanctuary of the self, is nuts.
At the end of the day, the goals are simple: safety and security.
I don't get to watch a lot of TV. I just do all my news and reading and "Meet the Press," all that fun, exciting stuff.
My mom was a social worker. I had a pretty good idea of what the authorities can do when a parent's not around.