"I come from the South and I know what war is, for I have seen its terrible wreckage and ruin. It is easy for me as President to declare war. I do not have to fight, and neither do the gentlemen on the Hill who now clamor for it. It is some poor farmer's boy, or the son of some poor widow - who will have to do the fighting and dying."

-- Woodrow Wilson

#War Quotes #Son Quotes #Fighting Quotes

“There's a communist living in the White House!”

Source : "The Sweep: Right wingers take on 'Left Coast'" by Mark Preston, www.cnn.com. February 23, 2011.
“To know oneâ€™s own state is not a simple matter. One cannot look directly at oneâ€™s own face with oneâ€™s own eyes, for example. One has no choice but to look at oneâ€™s reflection in the mirror. Through experience, we come to believe that the image is correct, but that is all.”
“Jerry (Rice) played until he was 42. At 39, I ran a 4.43 40-yard dash. You look at the number of dropped balls and the way guys are playing now and you can't honestly say I can't do better.”
“We are one anotherâ€™s angels.”
“Yo can always take back the lost parts of yourself if you can find and recognize them.”
“I'm not saying I don't ever improvise because I do that quite a lot, especially with other people, but generally I've got an idea in my head and then I'll pursue it 'til I get there.”
“Let's not do that. Let's love people. Let's care about people. Let's repeal it now while we can.”
“My furniture is an exercise in architecture or architectural mood.”

Source : Barbara Radice, Ettore Sottsass (1993). “Ettore Sottsass: A Critical Biography”, Rizzoli International Publications

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