October 25, 2006
Quote of the Day
From Tom Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll. Jan, a Czechoslevakian and a "reform communist," argues with Max, an unreformed British one:
Come on in, Max! Give me your place! Because I dream of having what you invented -- trial by jury, independent judges -- you can call the government fools and criminals but the law is for free speech, the same for the highest and the lowest, the law makes freedom normal, the denial of freedom must prove its case, and if the government doesn't like it, tough shit, they can't touch you, the law is constant -- and yet, what you have set your heart on, Max, the only thing that will make you happy, is that the workers own the means of production. I would give it to you gladly if I could keep the rest.
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