"The American people, North and South, went into the [Civil] war as citizens of their respective states, they came out as subjects ... what they thus lost they have never got back."

-- H. L. Mencken

#War Quotes #People Quotes #Liberty Quotes

“Among the conservative Greek opinion there would be no regrets that Alexander the Greek leader was invading the barbarians.”

Source : Robin Lane Fox (2004). “Alexander The Great”, Penguin Group USA
“The reality is it's still in our hands. We have to play four real good games against the Angels. If we take three of four we're still two back and then we'd need help. We'd still be breathing, but we'd need help. We'll shoot all our bullets to try and win that game (Monday) and worry about the next day when we get there.”
“In Palestine, the Israelis claim they found a land without people,' a Syrian officer explained to us. 'Now they will take southern Lebanon and claim they have found another land without people if these refugees do not return.”

Source : Robert Fisk (2001). “Pity the Nation: Lebanon at War”, p.130, Oxford University Press, USA
“The battle would not take place in the mountains, valleys, or plains of Israel. Â It would take place in the wilderness of the human heart.”
“Nothing is more audacious than these women when detected; they assume anger, and take courage from the very crime itself.”
“She hadnâ€™t meant to get trapped in a conversation. That was the trouble with offering help to old people.”
“An eye critically nice can only be formed by observing well-colored pictures with attention.”
“I like both music and acting, and they both have a lot in common - timing, immediacy, stuff like that. But acting is more regimented. You wait around for hours, you don't get to write the script, you get hired. Music represents me better. I'm not acting; I'm just expressing myself.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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