"Give a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day. Light that man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
- Lol Tzu

I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.

I think it would be a good idea!

‘An eye for an eye’ would make the whole world go blind

He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and third time, till at length it becomes habitual; he tells lies without attending to it, and truths without the world's believing him. This falsehood of tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good dispositions.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with inherent and inalienable rights; that among these, are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.

Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

"And them that take the sword shall perish by the sword."
- The Bible, Matthew

Also, Jesus said that.

Yes, that's the one found in Matthew he's talking about.

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

Eschew obfuscation

Do what thou wilt.

The Communists disdain to conceal their views and aims. They openly declare that their ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions. Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communistic revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win.
WORKING MEN OF ALL COUNTRIES, UNITE!

Didn't Benjamin Franklin help write that?

Ben franklin was a delegate to the constitutional convention, but did not write the constitution.

Why should we be pleasin' all the politician heathens
Who would try to change the seasons if they could?
The state of the condition insults my intuitions
And it only makes me crazy and my heart like wood.
Everybody stutters one way or the other
So check out my message to you.
As a matter of fact don't let nothin' hold you back.

In America, anyone can become president. That's the problem.

I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.

I have as much authority as the Pope. I just don't have as many people who believe it.

We must obey God rather than men. - St. Peter, Acts 5:29.

And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age." - Matthew 28:18-20.

Religion easily has the best BS story of all time. Think about it. Religion has convinced people that there's an invisible man...living in the sky. Who watches everything you do every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a list of ten specific things he doesn't want you to do. And if you do any of these things, he will send you to a special place, of burning and fire and smoke and torture and anguish for you to live forever, and suffer, and burn, and scream, until the end of time. But he loves you. He loves you. He loves you and he needs money.

For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. - St. Paul, 1 Corinthians 1:18.

In the same vein of what PMG said, are you sure those are Carlin things?

There are two things you should never see being made:

1. Sausage
2. Laws

I think my favorite political thing ever is along the lines of "Politicians are like window air conditioners. They make a lot of noise but aren't really good for much."
It was something like that.

But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.

In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.

Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.

Thomas Jefferson still survives.