Truly, that reason upon which we plume ourselves, though it may answer for little things, yet for great decisions is hardly surer than a toss-up. – Charles Sanders Peirce
America is a country ready to be taken, in fact, longing to be taken by political leaders ready to restore democracy and trust to the political process. – Arianna Huffington
White… is not a mere absence of colour it is a shining and affirmative thing, as fierce as red, as definite as black… God paints in many colours but He never paints so gorgeously, I had almost said so gaudily, as when He paints in white. – Gilbert K. Chesterton
One of the gaps in our international development efforts is the provision of global public goods – that is, goods or conditions we need that no individual or country can secure on their own, such as halting global warming, financial stability and peace and security. – Anna Lindh