Nothing is more provoking, when we are arguing against a man with reasons and explanations, and taking all pains to convince him, than to discover at last that he will not understand, that we have to do with his will. To convince a man, you must appeal to his self-interest, his desires, his will.- Arthur Shopenhauer

For 45 yrs, SA had an ethnic bloc of a million votes for a race-obsessed, top-down, corrupt authoritarian Party that called all the shots, & everybody screamed "minority rule". So we changed & now have had 15 years of an ethnic bloc of 10 million votes for a race-obsessed, top-down, ultra-corrupt authoritarian Party that calls all the shots, & everybody shrugs. It's now "the majority" so that's okay. - Denis Beckett

I am proud to acknowledge that I am a liberal...who adheres to old-fashioned liberal values such as the rule of law, universal franchise, free elections, a free press, free association, guaranteed civil rights and an independent judiciary. - Helen Suzman

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. — Philip K. Dick, How To Build A Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later.

Question reality. Question authority.- GTJW, T-shirt