Don, have you been dealing with a booklegger? - Robert A. Heinlein

“May I say without offense that the reception given my sort on your great planet is sometimes something that one must be philosophical about?”
“I know. I’m sorry. My own people, most of them, are honestly convinced that the prejudices of their native village were ordained by the Almighty. I wish it were different.”

Learning isn’t a means to an end; it is an end in itself.

Don’t kid yourself, Friday; knowing too much is a capital offense. In politics it always has been.