If a politician murders his mother, the first response of the press or of his opponents will likely be not that it was a terrible thing to do, but rather that in a statement made six years before he had gone on record as being opposed to matricide. – Meg Greenfield
Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had the courage to voice their opposition have often paid a very high price. – Tahar Ben Jelloun
An education isnt how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. Its being able to differentiate between what you know and what you dont. – Anatole France
