Million Generals File

    1. A Soviet-style system produces Soviet-style dissidents.
    2. They'll have you thinking like a moron if you'd let them.
    3. This file is a trashbin for metaphors and tautologies.
    4. If it doesn't exist it can't possibly be illegal to shoot it or blow it up for treason to the Constitution -- including for torturing domestic citizens.
    5. Hold their feet to the fire on the torture issue.
    6. I am changing, therefore the world is changing.
    7. "Generals" is a metaphor; a million of them, all leading by example.
    8. They'd hand you a loaded pistol and think that made you defenseless.
    9. Facts have logical consequences.
    10. The ancient sages weren't fools.
    11. Fairness is sometimes mistaken for weakness.
    12. The greatest warrior never fights a battle.