Myths about the dire effects of genetically modified foods on health and the environment abound but they have not held up to scientific scrutiny. And although many concerns have been expressed about the potential for unexpected consequences the unexpected effects that have been observed so far have been benign.

Our government has made a number of promises to the men and women who served in our nation's armed forces. Sadly these promises of health care education and other benefits have existed more in rhetoric than in reality.

My health may be better preserved if I exert myself less but in the end doesn't each person give his life for his calling?

When the honour is given to that scientist personally the happiness is sweet indeed. Science is on the whole an informal activity a life of shirt sleeves and coffee served in beakers.

To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness it is necessary to have deserved it.

Truth is always served by great minds even if they fight it.

The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.

There are a lot of good causes out there but they can't possibly all be served by government.

President Bush once said that marriage is a sacred institution and should be reserved for the union of one man and one woman. If this is the case - and most Americans would agree with him on this - then I have to ask: Why is the government at all involved in marrying people?

By a continuing process of inflation government can confiscate secretly and unobserved an important part of the wealth of their citizens.