Adversity causes some men to break others to break records. – William Arthur Ward

While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings. – Henry David Thoreau

Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory. – George S. Patton

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts. – Voltaire