Truths And Falsehoods
"The history of our race, and each individual's experience, are sown thick with evidence that a truth is not hard to kill and that a lie told well is immortal." -- Mark Twain, Advice to Youth Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Monday, May 16, 2005
The Very Definition Of Hypocrisy
''People lost their lives. People are dead. People need to be very careful about what they say, just as they need to be careful about what they do.'' -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, commenting on the rioting and demonstrations caused by the Newsweek story that claimed military investigators at... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, May 15, 2005
Failure
"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." -- Thomas Edison Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, May 14, 2005
Idealism
"Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves." -- Robert Anton Wilson Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, May 13, 2005
Rectification
"All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse." -- Benjamin Franklin Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Humility
"Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more." -- Mark Twain Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, May 9, 2005
Pride
"To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail our pride supports us; when we succeed, it betrays us." -- Charles Caleb Colton Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, May 7, 2005
Hardlining In International Diplomacy
"Freedom is the only reliable path to peace. If the Middle East continues to simmer in anger and hopelessness, caught in a cycle of repression and radicalism, it will produce terrorism of even greater audacity and destructive power... We will not repeat the mistakes of other generations appeasing or... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, May 6, 2005
Power
"Far better to think historically, to remember the lessons of the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part of the knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be one who knows that if you reserve the power not to use all your power, you will lead others... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, May 5, 2005
Power And The Ability To Make War
"Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so, whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose -- and you allow him to make war at pleasure... If, today, he should choose to say he... Sign in to see full entry.