What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure. – Thomas Jefferson
We are not here to triumph by fighting, by strata gem, or by resistance, not to fight with beasts as men. We have fought the beast and have conquered. We have only to conquer now, by suffering. This is the easier victory. – TS (Thomas Stearns) Eliot
I got the blues thinking of the future, so I left off and made some marmalade. It’s amazing how it cheers one up to shred oranges and scrub the floor. – D.H. Lawrence
I mean, Dodd-Frank is strangling small community banks. It doesnt make any difference what the interest rate is. Theyre not – theyre not going to loan the money because they cant make any money for one thing plus the cost of compliance. – Rick Perry