Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2003-04-21 Apr 21, 2003Far better to think historically, to remember the lessons of the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part of the knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be one who knows that if you reserve the power not to use all your power, you will lead others far more successfully and well.~ A. Bartlett GiamattiLife's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.~ Benjamin Franklin Apr 18, 2003One death is a tragedy, but a million deaths are a statistic.~ Josef StalinHe makes a solitude, and calls it - peace.~ Lord ByronHistory teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.~ Ronald Reagan Apr 16, 2003We Americans have no commission from God to police the world~ Benjamin HarrisonOne of the fondest expressions around is that we can't be the world's policeman. But guess who gets called when somebody needs a cop.~ General Colin Powell Apr 15, 2003Beware of the leader, who strikes the war drum in order to transfer the citizens into patriotic glow, patriotism is indeed a double-sided sword. It makes the blood so boldly, like it constricts the intellect. And if the striking of the war drum reached a fiebrige height and the blood is cooking and hating, and the intellect is dismissed, the leader doesn't need to reject the citizens rights. The citizens, cought by anxiety and blinded through patriotism, will subordinate all their rights to the leader and this even with happy courage. Why do I know that? I know it, because this is, what I did. And I am Gajus Julius Cäsar.~ Gaius Julius CaesarWhen the swords flash let no idea of love, piety, or even the face of your fathers move you.~ Gaius Julius Caesar Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print