The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force. – George Bancroft
Pat Roberts and I both feel very strongly that when we get to Iran, that we cant make the same mistakes. We have to ask the questions, the hard questions before, not afterwards, and get the right intelligence. – Jay Rockefeller
The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man. – Euripides
