"A nation's strength is found not in the number of its laws but in the character of its people."

-- James Montgomery Boice

#War Quotes #Character Quotes #Law Quotes

“It's getting late. I must return to my ship or my men will think I've drowned and be celebrating.”
“What once bound him Will make him flee Place of power-joining of five Night Spirit Blood Humanity Earth Joined not to conquer, Instead to overcome Night leads to Spirit Blood binds Humanity And Earth completes.”
“Terrorism is not a matter that can be left to law enforcement, with its deliberative process, built-in delays, and safeguards that may let the prisoner go free on procedural grounds.”
“It wasn't that I hated being asked a bunch of questions. I had nothing against questions. I just didn't like listening to them, because some questions take forever to make sense. Sometimes waiting for a question to finish is like watching someone draw an elephant starting with the tail first. As soon as you see the tail your mind wanders all over the place and you think of a million other animals that also have tails until you don't care about the elephant because it's only one thing when you've been thinking about a million others.”

Source : Jack Gantos (2011). “Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key”, p.34, Macmillan
“I formally proposed. I'm a good Southern gentleman.”
“Our countrymen have all the folly of the ***** and all the passiveness of the sheep.”
“The general that hearkens to my counsel and acts upon it, will conquer: let such a one be retained in command! The general that hearkens not to my counsel nor acts upon it, will suffer defeat: - let such a one be dismissed!”
“When you see someone trying to manoeuvre it round the school gates you have to think, you are a complete idiot.”

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