Quote of the Month... March 2003 (2)

There is nothing perhaps more adverse to nature and reason than to hold in obedience remote countries and foreign nations, in opposition to their inclination and interest

--Edward Gibbon, The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Chap. XLIX

Quote of the Month... March 2003

... One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that, in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers and mothers of scientists, a goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.

--J. Watson, The Double Helix, Chap. 2