William "Blake could do so many things. Why is it that he could do none of them quite right?"

G.K. Chesterton, quoted by Dale Ahlquist in Gilbert! magazine Vol. 5 # 3 (December 2001)

"If men are so wicked with religion, what would they be if without it?"

Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Paine, date unknown, according to The Patriot Post Founders’ Quote Daily March 24, 2008 from Federalist.com

"It’s kind of like an elephant in a bathtub: If you don’t see it at first glance, chances are you never will."

Sen. Fred Thompson quoted by Jay Nordlinger in National Review May 17, 1999 [as it happens I don't agree with the point Thompson was making but it's a great metaphor] 

"as trade guru Sylvia Ostry always says, given a choice between conspiracy and cock-up, bet on cock-up every time."

William Watson in Ottawa Citizen Oct. 19 2004

In my latest National Post column I explain why the federal LIberals' "sunny ways", and progressives' penchant for "compassionate" improvisation generally, are divisive and leave people feeling cheated.

"Bigotry is an incapacity to conceive seriously the alternative to a proposition. It has nothing whatever to do with belief in the proposition itself."

G.K. Chesterton in Lunacy and Letters quoted in Dale Ahlquist and Peter Floriani, Chesterton University Student Handbook

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not more so."

Albert Einstein, quoted by Burton Malkiel A Random Walk Down Wall Street

In my latest National Post column I argue that the federal Liberals' contempt for truth explains their contempt for Parliament.