Newspapers with declining circulations can complain all they want about their readers and even say they have no taste. But you will still go out of business over time. A newspaper is not a public trust - it has a business model that either works or it doesn't.

Economic prosperity and quality education for our children are inexorably linked.

Jon Huntsman, Jr.

The arbitrary rule of a just and enlightened prince is always bad. His virtues are the most dangerous and the surest form of seduction: they lull a people imperceptibly into the habit of loving, respecting, and serving his successor, whoever that successor may be, no matter how wicked or stupid.

Denis Diderot

Every new time will give its law.

Maxim Gorky

Without belittling the courage with which men have died, we should not forget those acts of courage with which men have lived. The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy. A man does what he mustin spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressuresand that is the basis of all human morality. In whatever arena of life one may meet the challenge of courage, whatever may be the sacrifices he faces if he follows his consciencethe loss of his friends, his fortune, his contentment, even the esteem of his fellow meneach man must decide for himself the course he will follow. The stories of past courage can define that ingredientthey can teach, they can offer hope, they can provide inspiration. But they cannot supply courage itself. For this each man must look into his own soul.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

No possible future government in Kabul can be worse than the Taliban, and no thinkable future government would allow the level of Al Qaeda gangsterism to recur. So the outcome is proportionate and congruent with international principles of self-defense.

Christopher Hitchens

Life seems to be fashioned and formed best out of the obstacles that seem unbearable.

John Paul Warren

Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be.

Thomas Kempis

It's not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.

Jimmy Carter

I've never really had a relationship with Hollywood. I've never had a desire to work there.

Audrey Tautou

Unless you can find some sort of loyalty, you cannot find unity and peace in your active living.

Josiah Royce

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

Confucius

Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.

Langston Hughes