History is strewn with the wrecks of nations which have gained a little progressiveness at the cost of a great deal of hard manliness, and have thus prepared themselves for destruction as soon as the movements of the world gave a chance for it. – Walter Bagehot
One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. – Walter Bagehot
An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind. – Walter Bagehot
So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism – despotism during the campaign – is indispensable. – Walter Bagehot
The great battleground for the defense and expansion of freedom today is the whole southern half of the globe… the lands of the rising peoples. Their revolution is the greatest in human history. They seek an end to injustice, tyranny and exploitation. More than an end, they seek a beginning. – John Fitzgerald Kennedy