QOTD 07/14/2009

"What is the use of discussing a man's abstract right to food or to medicine? The question is upon the method of procuring and administering them. In that deliberation I shall always advise to call in the aid of the farmer and the physician, rather than the professor of metaphysics."
Edmund Burke (1729-1727) British Member of Parliament
Select Works, Lawbook Exchange, Clark J, 2005
(Quoted in Mark Levin, Liberty and Tyranny, Threshhold NY NY, 2009)

(Edited to add link to biography of Burke--who, as an MP, supported the American Revolution--and clean it up. I posted this from my smart phone using "Mobile Blogger", but I can never remember the html codes for, i,.e., quotes...)