"[My work] is designed to speak for itself. as mementos of the fearful struggle through which the country has just passed, it is confidently hoped that it will possess an enduring interest."

-- Alexander Gardner

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“A vision without action is called a daydream; but then again, action without a vision is called a nightmare.”
“I filed a brief as a friend of the court in the U. of Michigan to keep affirmative action at the U. of Michigan, which I attended the law school. And I was one of the original sponsors of making the Martin Luther King birthday a federal holiday.”

Source : "Gephardt Admits Mistake on Race Issues in '70s", www.foxnews.com. January 11, 2004.
“Don't immanentize the eschaton!”
“If you feel that the Chief of the General Staff talks only rubbish, my place is not here. Better to give me a command at the front where I can be of better use!”

Source : "Field Marshal Von Manstein, a Portrait: The Janus Head" by Marcel Stein, Gwyneth Fairbank, (p. 164), 2007.
“When we find ourselves wondering about the meaning of conditions and events, its always useful to ask, who profits?”
“Evolution has meant that our prefrontal lobes are too small, our adrenal glands are too big, and our reproductive organs apparently designed by committee; a recipe which, alone or in combination, is very certain to lead to some unhappiness and disorder.”
“Its not weird being recognised, but its weird having to stop what youre doing to take pictures or sign something. But the fans are the reason you have your success, so it comes with the territory.”
“Familiarity makes the lion more dangerous.”

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