Blood is a cleansing and sanctifying thing, and the nation that regards it as the final horror has lost its manhood... there are many things more horrible than bloodshed, and slavery is one of them!

Oxford, the paradise of dead philosophies.

George Santayana

The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.

Rebecca West

When you write biographies, whether it's about Ben Franklin or Einstein, you discover something amazing: They are human.

Walter Isaacson

Men must be governed by God, or they will be ruled by tyrants.

William Penn

If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone.

John Maxwell

Ignore what you don't like. Insist what u need.

T.A

There's a certain amount of freedom involved in cycling: you're self-propelled and decide exactly where to go. If you see something that catches your eye to the left, you can veer off there, which isn't so easy in a car, and you can't cover as much ground walking.

David Byrne

To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman.

George Santayana

Unfortunately, money in politics is an insidious thing - and a loophole in our campaign finance system was taken advantage of with money going to existing or new 527 groups with the sole purpose of influencing the election.

Olympia Snowe

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.

Robert Louis Stevenson

It takes an enemy and a friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart. The one to slander you, and the other to get the news to you.

Mark Twain

My doctors warned me repeatedly that if you don't stay positive, you don't do well.

Vince Flynn