"World War II proved a hypothesis that Alexis de Tocqueville advanced a century before: the war-fighting potential of a democracy is at its greatest when war is most intense; at its weakest when war is most limited. This is a lesson with enduring relevance to our own times - and our own wars."

-- David Frum

#War Quotes #Fighting Quotes #History Quotes

“Designing and developing anything of consequence is incredibly challenging.”
“I'm singing from my heart now more than ever. I've gotten a lot braver with my writing.”
“I have come to see the real clash of the ages, involve wars and various historical circumstances, as being a clash of satan' s versus God's plan for man to learn and experience true liberty, by first receiving forgiveness of sins through the work of Christ on the cross, and then walking in the 'newness of life.”
“The deeper you get into Yoga you realize it is a spiritual practice. It's a journey I'm making. I'm heading that way.”
“There is usually no dreamer so unworldly as the anthologist. He wanders in a vast garden, lost in wonder, unable to decide often between flowers of equal loveliness. ... The true anthologist has the greatest difficulty in finishing his book. There is always just one more, a new, delicious discovery.”
“That's so her. You know, torn between Big Ideas and a party. She's always been that way.”

Source : FaceBook post by Claire Messud from Jan 20, 2013
“As soon as the Cross ceases to be to us, first of all, the place of utmost shame and contempt, we make the Cross of Christ of none effect.”
“Calms appear, when Storms are past; Love will have his Hour at last: Nature is my kindly Care; Mars destroys, and I repair; Take me, take me, while you may, Venus comes not ev'ry Day.”

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