History will be kind to me for I intend to write i — Winston Churchill

At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little man, walking into the little booth, with a little pencil, making a little cross on a little bit of paper—no amount of rhetoric or voluminous discussion… Read more → ♥ 1 It may almost be said, “Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat.” The empires of the future are the empires of the mind. speech at Harvard, 6 September 1943, in Onwards to Victory (1944) The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to be told the worst. Sir Winston Churchill, Hansard, June 10, 1941 #3287 Many forms of Governmen… Read more →

He who cannot establish dominion over himself will have no dominion over others. Leonardo da Vinci Who has not the spirit of his age, Of his age has all the unhappiness. 12 Letter to Madame du Châtelet Voltaire The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it. Michelangelo War does not determine who is right - only who is left. Bertrand Russell