Thomas Hobbes

Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravitation.

The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject, but man only.

The disembodied spirit is immortal; there is nothing of it that can grow old or die. But the embodied spirit sees death on the horizon as soon as its day dawns.

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.

Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?

What I find is most people have a civics book understanding for how Congress works and how a bill moves.