"To the rulers of the state then, if to any, it belongs of right to use falsehood, to deceive either enemies or their own citizens, for the good of the state: and no one else may meddle with this privilege."

“It became evident to me that there was a very serious political element at work. I know that the term impeachment was bandied about. I do not believe, however, that the word was used with the ferocity it was more recently or that it was in the Nixon years.”

“The Army might screw you and your girlfriend might dump you and the enemy might kill you, but the shared commitment to safeguard one another’s lives is unnegotiable and only deepens with time. The willingness to die for another person is a form of love that even religions fail to inspire, and the experience of it changes a person profoundly.”

Source : "Failing the Voight-Kampff" by Dylan Ratigan, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 28, 2013.

“The road to recovery will not always be easy, but I will take it one day at a time, focusing on the moments I've dreamed about for so long.”

“Some people with awful cards can be successful because of how they deal with the tragedies they're handed, and that seems courageous to me.”

“The emotions that sustain religious belief are all, in fact, deeply ordinary and deeply recognisable to anybody who has ever made their way across the common ground of human experience as an adult.”

Source : Francis Spufford (2012). “Unapologetic: Why, despite everything, Christianity can still make surprising emotional sense”, p.19, Faber & Faber

“Real divorce takes place without a decree ...”

“The destination cannot be described; / You will know very little until you get there; / You will journey blind.”

“There is a lack of interest in voting in the United States, and that troubles me. It is very necessary that people get registered, study the issues and be aware of the politics of our country. We will really be set back if people don't take the time to learn about the candidates who are concerned about the well-being of all the citizens and vote.”

Source : Source: www.sfgate.com