Times of stress and difficulty are not the times when men who are on the same side can afford to think overmuch about the extent of their differences. It is more profitable to think of points of agreement. – John Henry Joshua Ellison (1855–1944), c.1907
It seems to me that were in danger of losing sight of certain basic civic values in society by allowing the growth of a whole generation of people who really have no sense of attachment to society. – Alexander McCall Smith
