Columbus Quote by Matt Taibbi
“The significance of Columbus's discovery was that on a round earth, humanity is more interconnected than on a flat one. On a round earth, the two most distant points are closer together than they are on a flat earth.”
![“Every schoolchild knows that Columbus set out across the sea to prove that the world was round. But the belief in a spherical earth had a long and illustrious pedigree, as Columbus himself was well aware. . . . "The second reason that inspired the Admiral [Columbus] to launch his enterprise and…” quote by Ferdinand Columbus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/515/ferdinand-columbus-136077_admiral_every-schoolchild-knows-that-columbus-se_1782891.jpg)
![“The Congressional Record will forever show that [Obamacare] was passed in a romper room of overgrown children seemingly barely old enough to keep from peeing on themselves.” quote by Matt Taibbi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a38/matt-taibbi-2257_children_the-congressional-record-will-forever-sh_26786.jpg)
![“We see it [the as-yet unseen, probable new planet, Neptune] as Columbus saw America from the coast of Spain. Its movements have been felt, trembling along the far-reaching line of our analysis with a certainty hardly inferior to that of ocular demonstration.” quote by William Herschel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/44b/william-herschel-28349_america_we-see-it-the-as-yet-unseen-probable-new_93769.jpg)
