The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common quality of human nature. – Edward Gibbon
Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers the second, more personal and important, from himself. – Edward Gibbon
Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book. – Edward Gibbon
But you say, does it represent change? The change is that we are fighting an insurance industry that has killed health reform for generations. Theyre spending tens of millions of dollars right now to defeat this bill, and were on the doorstep of winning a great victory for the American people. – David Axelrod