“history is the sum total of things that could have been avoided.” Konrad Adenauer
“The phrase ‘think for one’s self’ is a pleonasm. Unless one does it for one’s self, it isn’t thinking.” John Dewey Democracy and Education
“Men try to be kings but dream of being shepherds.” G.K. Chesterton
“Do you think I am trying to weave a spell? Perhaps I am; but remember your fairy tales. Spells are used for breaking enchantments as well as for inducing them. And you and I have need of the strongest spell that can be found to wake us from the evil enchantment of worldliness which has been laid upon us.” C.S. Lewis “Weight of Glory” sermon, quoted by Thomas Howard in a Q&A in Gilbert Magazine Vol. 13 No. 4 (Jan-Feb 2010)
“Within a few minutes the opposition had him on the ropes. Unfortunately the ropes were tied to a hammock.”
Paul Wells in National Post March 14 2001 [re Jean Chrétien]
“Life’s under no obligation to give us what we expect. We take what we get and are thankful it’s no worse than it is.”
George Ashley Wilkes in Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind
“Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them.” George W. Bush speech Sept. 20 2001
“The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.”
Thomas Sowell Is Reality Optional?