From February 16, 2007
A few Useful Quotations

“America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone from barbarianism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization.” [Ref: Georges Clemenceau]

“’My country, right or wrong,’ is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case.  It is like saying, ‘My mother, drunk or sober.’” [Ref: G. K. Chesterton]

“’Being strong is not how much you swear or swagger; being strong is not backing down.’” [Ref: Alice Vacchs, NYC DA for Child and Family]

“Something goes wrong all the time; what you do is fix it.”
[Gen. Gus Pagonis]

“Let us be painfully honest about it, … yes, they [Americans] are repulsive people, charmless, rude, cocky, mercenary, humorless, ugly, full of nauseatingly fake religiousity, and as odious as they are unsporting in defeat.” [Ref: Mathew Norman, columnist, London ‘Evening Star,’ Sept. 1999.]  
[Note: Swallow it.  It’s good for us.  The truth can hurt, but it keeps us humble.]

“A human being should be able to

change a diaper,

plan an invasion,

butcher a hog,

con a ship,

design a building,

write a sonnet,

balance accounts,

build a wall,

set a bone,

comfort the dying,

take orders,

give orders,

cooperate,

act alone,

solve equations,

analyze a problem,

pitch manure,

program a computer,

cook a meal,

fight efficiently,

die gallantly.

Specialization is for insects.”
[Ref: Robert Heinlein]