Samizdata

Of liberty I would say that, in the whole plenitude of its extent, it is unobstructed action according to our will. But rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add ‘within the limits of the law,’ because law is often but the tyrant’s will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual
– Thomas Jefferson

Hey, just because I don’t care doesn’t mean I don’t understand!
– a slice of The Wisdom of Homer Simpson

Pale Ebenezer thought it wrong to fight,
But roaring Bill, who killed him, thought it right.
– Hillare Belloc

Labour takes money from Sun readers and gives it to Guardian readers, who then decide how best it should be spent.
– Richard Littlejohn

In the Victorian era a curious belief was prevalent that sovereign states ought to have governments that were reasonably efficient and solvent.
– Byron Farwell

I once asked this literary agent what kind of writing paid best. He said: ransom notes.
– Harry Zimm (struggling film producer played by Gene Hackman in Get Shorty, shown on Channel 4 last night)