Re: I'd bet that Tech1's quotes are in context . . .
I'd bet that Tech1's quotes are in context, complete with subject and intent. Short quotes from the web are intended to miss this, aimed more toward humor, hate, philosophy, or all three. A letter from the quoted is meant to be a letter.
One of my favorite quotes, though, is politically non-political -- but political nonetheless:
“History is an imperfect record, at best an approximation skewed by transient passions and by the eccentric spin of competing events. Some things small receive disproportionate attention. Some things great are lost forever.”
-- Howard Mansfield / Historian
I believe that the Reagan Years will fall somewhere in between,
Dan