"The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that
the end justifies the means.": Georges Bernanos

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“So let us regard this as settled: what is morally wrong can never be
advantageous, even when it enables you to make some gain that you
believe to be to your advantage. The mere act of believing that some wrongful
course of action constitutes an advantage is pernicious.” Marcus
Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.)

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The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always
stretched out, if possible, to destroy the freedom of thinking, speaking,
and writing: John Adams

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So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who
wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and
will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and
otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men: Voltaire. François Marie
Arouet (1694-1778)

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How you can win the population for war: At first, the statesman will
invent cheap lying, that impute the guilt of the attacked nation, and
each person will be happy over this deceit, that calm the conscience. It
will study it detailed and refuse to test arguments of the other
opinion. So he will convince step for step even therefrom that the war is just
and thank God, that he, after this process of grotesque even deceit,
can sleep better: Mark Twain

"I find myself, at this time in my life, no less challenged, no less
plagued, no less intrigued, by what I still don't know." -- Sidney
Poitier, at age 72

"There is no limit to the amount of growth and development that the
mind can sustain. The mind does not stop growing at any particular age."
-- Mortimer J. Adler

What a cruel thing is war: to separate and destroy families and
friends, and mar the purest joys and happiness God has granted us in this
world; to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors,
and to devastate the fair face of this beautiful world: Robert E. Lee, in
a letter to his wife, 1864

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I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends: Abraham Lincoln

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Peace is more important than all justice; and peace was not made for
the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace: Martin Luther
(1483-1546)

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The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one
of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions: Robert Lynd
(1879-1949), Anglo-Irish essayist, journalist

"I didn't get my first show until I was 45. If I could tell you
anything, I would tell you that you have time." -- Agnes Martin