Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2001-11-29 Nov 29, 2001Show me the prison, Show me the jail, Show me the prisoner whose life has gone stale. And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why And there, but for fortune, go you or I.~ Phil OchsThis world is the prison of the believers and the paradise of the unbelievers.~ Islamic Proverb Nov 28, 2001In Germany, the Nazis first came for the communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, but I didn't speak up because I was a protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time there was no one left to speak for me.~ Reverend Martin Niemoeller Nov 27, 2001Alliance: In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.~ Ambrose BierceOptimism: The doctrine that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong. ... It is hereditary, but fortunately not contagious.~ Ambrose Bierce Nov 26, 2001It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.~ Edmund BurkeNo passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.~ Edmund Burke Nov 23, 2001If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.~ Sun Tzu Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print