“Keep in mind our Constitution predates the Industrial Revolution. Our founders did not know about electricity, the train, telephones, radio, television, automobiles, airplanes, rockets, nuclear weapons, satellites, or space exploration. There's a lot they didn't know about. It would be interesting to see what kind of document they'd draft today. Just keeping it frozen in time won't hack it.” KnowsMindKindWould BeTodaySpaceInterestingTelevisionRevolutionWeaponsConstitutionTrainRadioNuclearExplorationAirplaneNuclear WeaponsFoundersDocumentsElectricityTelephonesFrozenRocketsAutomobileSpace ExplorationSatellitesHacksIndustrial RevolutionFrozen In Time Author:Ross Perot
“In 'Common Sense' Paine flared forth with a document so powerful that the Revolution became inevitable. Washington recognized the difference, and in his calm way said that matters never could be the same again.” WaySaidMatterDifferencesPowerfulCommonRevolutionCalmCommon SenseInevitableDocumentsPaine Author:Thomas A. Edison
“Long before the technology revolution there was declassification of documents and I've spent quite a lot of time studying declassified internal documents and written a lot about them. In fact, anybody who's worked through the declassified record can see very clearly that the reason for classification is very rarely to protect the state or the society from enemies. Most of the time it is to protect the state from its citizens, so they don't know what the government is doing.” KnowsLongStatesReasonFactsGovernmentEnemyTechnologyStudyRecordsWrittenRevolutionCitizensProtectInternalsDocumentsClassification Author:Noam Chomsky
“One of the consequences of the Iranian revolution has been an explosion of history. A country once known only from British consular reports and intrepid travelogues is now awash with historical documents, letters, diaries, grainy video, weblogs and secret police files of questionable authenticity.” Has BeensCountrySecretKnownRevolutionConsequenceLettersPoliceHistoricalBritishVideoAuthenticityReportsDocumentsDiariesExplosionsFilesIranianQuestionableSecret Police Author:James Buchan