 History
"History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided."
- Konrad Adenauer. Posted by laurenz , 4/6/2002.
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War War! When I but think of this word, I feel bewildered, as though they were speaking to me of sorcery, of the Inquisition, of a distant, finished, abominable, monstrous, unnatural thing. When they speak to us of cannibals, we smile proudly, as we proclaim our superiority to these savages. Who are the real savages? Those who struggle in order to eat those whom they vanquish, or those who struggle merely to kill?
- Guy de Maupassant. Posted by laurenz , 4/7/2002.
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Nationalism Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.
- Albert Einstein. Posted by laurenz , 4/8/2002.
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Anger Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved.
- Marcus Antonius. Posted by laurenz , 4/9/2002.
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Politicians In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
- Charles de Gaulle. Posted by laurenz , 4/10/2002.
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Titles It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
- Niccolo Machiavelli. Posted by laurenz , 4/11/2002.
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Equality In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since
all men are equal, but he does not admit thathe has no social inferiors.
- Bertrand Russell. Posted by laurenz , 4/12/2002.
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History History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.
- Alexis de Tocqueville. Posted by laurenz , 4/13/2002.
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Government No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
- Abraham Lincoln. Posted by laurenz , 4/14/2002.
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Easy Explanations Things should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
- Albert Einstein. Posted by laurenz , 4/15/2002.
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Hatred I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.
- James Baldwin. Posted by laurenz , 4/16/2002.
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Education Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.
- B.F. Skinner. Posted by laurenz , 4/17/2002.
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Justice A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
- Robert Frost. Posted by laurenz , 4/18/2002.
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Humour We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
- Oscar Wilde. Posted by   Heng_GB, 4/19/2002.
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Responsibility You cannot hope to build a better world without improving individuals.
We all must work for our own improvement, and at the same time
share a general responsibility for all humanity.
- Marie Curie. Posted by laurenz , 4/19/2002.
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