A Thousand Volt-aires

Happy birthday, Voltaire (1694 - 1778)!

With lines like these, he could be alive and blogging now:

Re. Cheney:
"Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all."

Re. Bush:
"Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd."

Re. Murtha:
"It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong."

Re. the sisters Simpson:
"Anything too stupid to be said is sung."

Re. Bush
"To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered."

Re. David Brooks
"A witty saying proves nothing."