Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - April 25, 2017
A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.
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Alexander Hamilton (1755 - 1804)  
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.
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Ernest Benn  
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
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Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001), "Last Chance to See"  
No computer has ever been designed that is ever aware of what it's doing; but most of the time, we aren't either.
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Marvin Minsky  
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