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It is in the prosecution of some single object, and in striving to reach its accomplishment by the combined application of his moral and physical energies, that the true happiness of man, in his full vigour and development, consists. Possession, it is true, crowns exertion with repose; but it is only in the illusions of fancy that it has power to charm our eyes. If we consider the position of man in the universe,—if we remember the constant tendency of his energies towards some definite activity, and recognize the influence of surrounding nature, which is ever provoking him to exertion, we shall be ready to acknowledge that repose and possession do not indeed exist but in imagination. - Wilhelm von Humboldt, The Sphere and Duties of Government (The Limits of State Action) (1854 ed.)
Continuing down the decline...
Winter Patriot gives us the viewpoints on impeachment:
Once and for all, let's get this straight:
"Unifying the country" means nothing more or less than "legitimizing the crimes of the Bush administration".
Nancy Pelosi wants to do it, Harry Reid wants to do it; John Conyers wants to do it; Jane Harman wants to do it; so do all the rest of the national Democratic leadership, including (especially!) Barack Obama.
Glenn Greenwald interviews an ACLU lawyer watching the farce at Gitmo.Privacy International? Those f*ckers' colors are red and black -- buncha anarchists! Whatta means my privacy is being violated? So what? I can still go to Safeway for my beer and Blockbuster for my Steven Seagal movie!
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