Culture, then, is a study of perfection, and perfection which insists on becoming something rather than in having something, in an inward condition of the mind and spirit, not in an outward set of circumstances. – Matthew Arnold
How do you tell troops who volunteered to fight for our freedoms that the country they fought for wont take care of them when they come back? In the time of war our troops and their families are supposed to be our number one priority. – John Salazar
Im not overly alarmist about it, but I do think there are some worrying signs, like the growing accumulation of wealth by a very small proportion of the population, plus elections in the US are much more dominated by money than anywhere else calling itself a democracy. – Peter Singer