My Linux system is setup such that each time I login the ‘fortune’ program runs.  The fortune program picks a quote or saying from its quote file and outputs it on the terminal’s stdout.  I liked this one quite a lot.

You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence.
    —Charles A. Beard

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