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- He has been called a mediocre man; but this is unwarranted flattery. He was a politician of monumental littleness.
- Richard M. Nixon (1913 - 1994), Writing of John Tyler, Thomas Hart Benton, chapter 11, 1897
- We must beware of trying to build a society in which nobody counts for anything except a politician or an official, a society where enterprise gains no reward and thrift no privileges.
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965), Radio broadcast, London, March 21, 1943
- Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education. Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.
- Abraham Flexner (1866 - 1959), Universities, part 3, 1930
- Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.
- Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919), Thomas Hart Benton, Chapter 12, 1897
- The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)
- War makes early risers of us all.
- Julian Fellowes, Downton Abbey, Season 2, Episode 1, 2010
- I don't want my own son to die, but this is a war and we must be in it together. High and low. Rich and poor. There can be no special cases because every man at the front is a special case to someone.
- Julian Fellowes, Downton Abbey, Season 2, Episode 7, 2010
- No culture has yet solved the dilemma each has faced with the growth of a conscious mind: how to live a moral and compassionate existence when one is fully aware of the blood, the horror inherent in all life, when one finds darkness not only in one's own culture but within oneself... There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of a leaning into the light.
- Barry Lopez, Arctic Dreams
- To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.
- George Washington (1732 - 1799)
- In God's wildness lies the hope of the world - the great fresh unblighted, unredeemed wilderness. The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
- John Muir (1838 - 1914), John of the Mountains, 1938
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