When the state or federal government control the education of all of our children, they have the dangerous and illegitimate monopoly to control and influence the thought process of our citizens.

All democracies are based on the proposition that power is very dangerous and that it is extremely important not to let any one person or small group have too much power for too long a time

Aldous Huxley

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

Francis Bacon

If you want to sing out, sing out, and if you want to be free, be free, cause there's a million ways to be, you know that there are...

Cat Stevens

It is terrifying to see how easily, in certain people, all dignity collapses. Yet when you think about it, this is quite normal since they only maintain this dignity by constantly striving against their own nature.

Albert Camus

Nothing has caused the human race so much trouble as intelligence.

John Michael Hayes

It was sad music. But it waved its sadness like a battle flag. It said the universe had done all it could, but you were still alive.

Terry Pratchett

Television is an excellent system when one has nothing to lose, as is the case with a nomadic and rootless country like the United States, but in Europe the affect of television is that of a bulldozer which reduces culture to the lowest possible denominator.

Marc Fumaroli

In '71 or '72 I returned to New Orleans and stayed there. I started cooking Louisiana food. Of all the things I had cooked, it was the best-and it was my heritage.

Paul Prudhomme

After failing four times and after working for other people and realizing that nobody paid attention to the food like they should have, we wanted to just pay attention to the food and service.

Paul Prudhomme

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

Calvin Coolidge

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

Anon.

You don't need a silver fork to eat good food.

Paul Prudhomme