Founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for entering and remaining in the country illegally - you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.

If you have to get your parents' permission to go on a field trip or to take an aspirin in school, but not to get an abortion - you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.

Not what you expect but, a great post that will start critical thinking:  http://www.stonekettle.com/2013/07/and-open-letter-to-idiot-nation.html

Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

Benjamin Franklin

William Binney, a 30-year veteran of the NSA. Binney, who resigned from the agency in 2012 because of the dubious nature of its activities, volunteered the first public description of NSA's massive domestic spying program, called Stellar Wind, which intercepts domestic communications without protections for US citizens. Binney revealed that NSA has been given access to telecommunications companies' domestic and international billing records, and that since 9/11 the agency has intercepted between 15 and 20 trillion communications. He further disclosed that Stellar Wind was filed under the patriotic-sounding "Terrorist Surveillance Program" in order to give cover to its Constitutionally questionable nature.

http://www.caseyresearch.com/cdd/want-to-defend-your-privacy

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
Arthur Conan Doyle, Sr. 

From Uberfacts: Lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

Oh!  Happy Chocolate day: http://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/chocolate-day/