We must judge of a form of government by its general tendency, not by happy accidents. — Thomas Babington Macaulay. British historian and politician (1800–1859) Government
The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.
I have seen the hippopotamus, both asleep and awake; and I can assure you that, awake or asleep, he is the ugliest of the works of God.