America owes most of its social prejudices to the exaggerated religious opinions of the different sects which were so instrumental in establishing the colonies. – James Fenimore Cooper
If religion had a good purpose, then man would have created something great. But were man: we mess up everything. We mess up nature. We mess up God. We take what is given to us and make it into what we think it should be. – Ziggy Marley
For the past 15 years or so, British governments have tried to persuade the rest of us that the best judges of the national interest are…businessmen. This may be a ridiculous statement, but — ominously — fewer and fewer people laugh at it. – Neil Ascherson
The Royal Navy of England hath ever been its greatest defense and ornament it is its ancient and natural strength the floating bulwark of the island. – William Blackstone
