"From the errors of other nations, let us learn wisdom,"

-- Thomas Paine

“I am grateful to the Germans in general, particularly those who displayed unending dedication to the refugees and who continue to do so.”
“My normal routine is pretty much putting out fires all day.”
“I'm always interested in a claustrophobic situation where people might be powerless to do things. My first three novels were all about families. Things that happen in a house within a family, because you're a child or because you want to keep the family together, you suffer things you might not have had to suffer if you weren't in that situation.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“I don't happen to subscribe to the notion that everybody who criticizes Tom Daschle is criticizing Tim Johnson. I think that's a bit of a stretch.”

Source : "Ad ban plan at an impasse in South Dakota Senate race" by Robert Yoon, www.cnn.com. March 7, 2002.
“It can feel like an invasion of privacy, involving an employer in a personal matter.”
“Only the impossible is worth doing.”
“Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.”
“The point of departure of the process to which we wish to contribute is the fact that war is the natural reaction of human nature in the savage state, while peace is the result of acquired characteristics.”

Source : Elihu Root (1916). “Addresses on International Subjects”

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