I melted into the dream as if I had always been there. I knew where I had come from; I knew where I was going.

Today, I think the attitude is that governing is not necessarily good politics, and the result is that it's much more partisan and much more divided.

Leon Panetta

This topic brings me to that worst outcrop of herd life, the military system, which I abhor... This plague-spot of civilization ought to be abolished with all possible speed. Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them!

Albert Einstein

A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes to make a living. Todays military rejects include tomorrows hard core unemployed.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

I've never seen an obese person who has said, 'I am well in my mind.' Happiness stops food being a compensation.

Pierre Dukan

But I do not believe that the world would be entirely different if there were more women leaders. Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven't exactly been non-aggressive - including me.

Madeleine Albright

The man who first gave history a recognized place in science was an ancient historian.

James H. Breasted

War is cruelty, and none can make it gentle.

Gilbert Parker

Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better.

Samuel Beckett

Where I once constantly lost my temper, I found myself arriving at a crisis and experiencing peace.

Josh McDowell

Knowledge is that possession that no misfortune can destroy, no authority can revoke, and no enemy can control. This makes knowledge the greatest of all freedoms.

Bryant H. McGill

Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches.

Otto von Bismarck

The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority.

Stanley Milgram