Saturday, November 14, 2009

Pirates: 54 BC

For when he [Alexander the Great] inquired of a pirate by what right he dared to infest the sea with his little brigantine: “By the same right,” he replied, “which is your warrant for conquering the world.”
--From On the Commonwealth--

Speaking truth to power, then and now.

2 comments:

Jennifer said...

Ha ha ha, excellent.

Jason (the commenter) said...

Do you think pirate whores are infected by the French pox?

I hear they are full of the bon mots.