My own interpretation of political philosophies

Democracy is 51% of the people deciding that the remaining 49% are wrong 100% of the time.

Socialism is 1% of intellectuals deciding that 100% of the population are like them 100% of the time.

Communism is 5% of the people deciding that the remaining 95% should think like them 100% of the time.

Fascism is less than 1% of the people thinking that the remaining 99% of the population doesn't matter 100% of the time.

So in conclusion democracy isn't the final solution to all the world's problems. Its just the best we have come up with so far.
Anoop Sivasankaran

There are 2 types of fools - ones who thing that Old is Gold and the others who think that New is Platinum. Then there is only one type of smart person - the one who thinks that both old and new needs constant improvement at the jeweller.
Anoop Sivasankaran

Politicians should be changed as often as diapers and for the same reasons.
Anonymous
(I'd love to meet this person)

Silence gives consent.
-- Canon Law

Because silence means consent anyone can have their way with the mute.
--Anoop Sivasankaran's corollary to Canon Law

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes.
-- Latin proverb

In my neighbourhood a kind word with a gun always got more done than merely a kind word.
--Al Capone

Democracy maintains that you should exercise your right to vote for the candidate you approve. Reality only lets me to vote for the candidate I loathe the least.
--Anoop Sivasankaran

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?" Abraham Lincoln
--(I guess John Wilkes Booth didn't read that one..:) )

"Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.” Chinese Proverb

"Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever." Napoleon Bonaparte
--(an uncommon man's toast to his common brethren)

"No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making other bastards die for their country." George Smith Patton
--(My quote to all those who joined the army)

A soldier is not one who lays down his life for his country, but one who assasinates on a publicly sanctioned legal commission. --(My interpretation of Patton's previous statement)

and finally

''Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.'' Plato

Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned
- Anonymous; quoted in Dennett, Daniel C. (2006). Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon

If "pro" is the opposite of "con", is "progress" the opposite of "congress"? (Stand-up comic Gallagher from 1985 "The Bookkeeper"

Gems From Vivekanada

When I Asked God for Strength
He Gave Me Difficult Situations to Face
When I asked God for intelligence
He Gave Me Puzzles to Solve.
When I Asked God for Happiness
He Showed Me Some Unhappy People
When I Asked God for Wealth
He Showed Me How to Work Hard
When I Asked God for Favors
He Showed Me Opportunities to Work Hard
When I Asked God for Peace
He Showed Me How to Help Others
God Gave Me Nothing I Wanted
He Gave Me Everything I Needed