"The one thing I can assure you is that I'm not going to do a Prescott."

-- David Trimble

“Drill your soldiers well, and give them a pattern yourself.”

Source : "Suvorof". Book by W. Lyon Blease, 1926.
“Truth is suppressed, not to protect the country from enemy agents but to protect the Government of the day against the people.”
“It's okay if you can't see what you're doing, cuz even when your eyes are open, you can't see what you're doing.”
“I'm old and crazy, but I still give a damn. And I still think the boys got screwed over in Vietnam.”
“Preachers in pulpits talked about what a great message is in the book. No matter what you do, somebody always imputes meaning into your books.”
“I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.”

Source : Anne Lamott (2000). “Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith”, Anchor
“So when the only domestic social policy is tax cuts that mostly benefit the wealthiest Americans, we say, 'Where is faith being put into action here?'”
“Run forward when possible, walk ahead when you can, stagger onward when you must, but never cease your forward movement.”

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