Joey Betson

“The most meaningful namesake by far is Lafayette Square, across the street from the White House. Also known as Lafayette Park, this is the nation’s capital of protest, the place where we the people gather together to yell at our presidents. In each corner of this seven-acre park stands a statue of four of the most revered European officers who served in the Revolutionary War: Lafayette, Rochambeau, Steuben, and Thaddeus Kosciuszko, the Polish engineer whose defensive works contributed to the Continental Army’s victory at Saratoga.”
― Sarah Vowell, Lafayette in the Somewhat United States

“To come under siege, he decided, was the inevitable fate of power.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah

“For them, 'mektub al mellah', as the Fremen say."
"The thing was written with salt," Irulan translated.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah

“The purpose of the state is really freedom.”
― Baruch Spinoza, Theological-Political Treatise