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orichalcum ([personal profile] orichalcum) wrote2009-02-19 10:09 pm

Quote of the Day

[livejournal.com profile] cerebralpaladin : "Your students make the Baby Founding Fathers cry!" - on my mentioning that in a debate between whether the ancient Persians should choose monarchy, democracy, or oligarchy (a la Herodotus), all three sections had soundly rejected democracy on the grounds that it required excellent education, fast communication, and a homogeneous population.

[identity profile] fajitas.livejournal.com 2009-02-20 03:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Uh, your students make *me* cry...

[identity profile] orichalcum.livejournal.com 2009-02-20 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
And you aren't a constitutional lawyer!