There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness. – John Buchan
The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there. – John Buchan
Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences. – John Buchan
The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. – John Buchan
The people and the mindset that killed 3,000 of our fellow citizens on September 11 2001, would have killed not 3,000, but 300,000 if they could have or 3 million or 30 million. We need to do everything we can within our value systems and legal structures to make sure that doesnt happen. – Tim Pawlenty