"I would argue that in times of war, sealed lips sink entire democracies. If we don't have access to vital information, we lose everything."

-- Ted Gup

#War Quotes #Democracy Quotes #Information Quotes

“Women may give lip service to wanting husbands who take on an equal role in raising children, but many will pull rank when an important decision, like how to discipline or what baby sitter to hire, has to be made.”
“I have little faith in the theory that organized killing is the best prelude to peace.”
“In a thousand years time this day will have existed for a thousand years to the day. And the ignorance of the whole world about what they've said today will have a date too.”
“Repose demands for its expression the implied capability of its opposite,--energy.”
“That's the brutality of a breakup, isn't it? The people leaving think they did everything possible, the people left behind think what is possible hasn't even been tested yet.”

Source : Laura Dave (2011). “The First Husband: A Novel”, p.92, Penguin
“Until democracy in effective enthusiastic action fills the vacuum created by the power of modern inventions, we may expect the fascists to increase in power after the war both in the United States and in the world.”
“I was surprised when I finally moved to Boston and the East Coast, to discover that there weren't that many vibraphone players around. And I was the only one playing with four mallets.”
“When a possibility is unfamiliar to us, we do not even think about it.”

Source : Nate Silver (2012). “The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't”, p.287, Penguin

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