"The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration."

-- Barry McCaffrey

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“No matter how far we go into the future, there will always be new things happening, new information coming in, new worlds to explore, a constantly expanding domain of life, consciousness, and memory.”
“Giving English to an American is like giving sex to a child. He knows it's important but he doesn't know what to do with it.”
“I am wholeheartedly in favour of an independent Scotland.”
“I enjoy doing romantic stories. I've done a lot of them.”
“Some men of the line regiment who had appeared on our right started running back. I shouted out to them to halt, but they took no notice. I pulled out my revolver and very nearly shot at them, but I thought it wouldn't do any good, as they all had their backs to me so would have thought that anyone hit was hit by a German bullet. If I ran after them my men might think I was running away. So I took my men on!”
“Those who see and observe kings, heroes, and statesmen, discover that they have headaches, indigestion, humors and passions, just like other people; every one of which in their turns determine their wills in defiance of their reason.”
“Forgiving presupposes remembering.”
“We should never be at the mercy of Providence if only we understood that we ourselves are Providence.”

Source : Vera Brittain (2009). “Testament of Youth: An Autobiographical Study Of The Years 1900-1925”, p.337, Hachette UK

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