Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors.

Der Lehrer [...] gibt nicht von seiner Weisheit, sondern eher von seinem Glauben und seiner Liebe.

Kahlil Gibran

The mighty Oak was once a little nut that stood its ground.

Anon.

War is the ultimate tool of politics.

R. Buckminster Fuller

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off: it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead.

Nancy Mitford

Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.

John F. Kennedy

It isn't making mistakes that's critical; it's correcting them and getting on with the principal task.

Donald Rumsfeld

The god of victory is said to be one-handed, but peace gives victory on both sides.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.

Lou Gerstner

What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument.

C. S. Lewis

To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.

Elliott Erwitt

A man must first care for his own household before he can be of use to the state. But no matter how well he cares for his household, he is not a good citizen unless he also takes thought of the state. In the same way, a great nation must think of its own internal affairs; and yet it cannot substantiate its claim to be a great nation unless it also thinks of its position in the world at large.

Theodore Roosevelt

I would rather be confused for 10 minutes than bored for 5 seconds.

Russell T Davies