Quotes

"The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized past." - Robertson Davies ...

"The melting pot failed to function in one crucial area. Religions and nationalities, however different, generally learned to live together, even to grow together, in America. But color was something else. Reds were murdered like wild animals. Yellows were characterized ...

"This planet has — or rather had — a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were ...

"An earthquake achieves what the law promises but does not in practice maintain--the equality of all men." - Ignazio Silone ...

"It is not what they take away from you that counts. It’s what you do with what you have left." - Hubert Humphrey ...

“In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility” - Eleanor Roosevelt ...

"The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie - deliberate, contrived, and dishonest - but the myth - persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic." - John F. Kennedy ...

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.” - Anais Nin ...

"Action speaks louder than words, but not nearly as often." - Mark Twain ...

“In politics, sincerity is everything. Once you can fake that, you’ve got it made.”                 - Groucho Marx ...