“In religion and politics people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination.” Mark Twain
“Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more, Men were deceivers ever, One foot in sea and one on shore, To one thing constant never.” William Shakespeare
“There is no good reason why we should fear the future, but there is every reason why we should face it seriously.” Theodore Roosevelt
“Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people; commencing demagogues, and ending tyrants.” Alexander Hamilton
“To those nations who would make themselves our adversary, we offer not a pledge but a request: that both sides begin anew the quest for peace, before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction.” John F. Kennedy
“The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased, and not impaired, in value.” Theodore Roosevelt
