Random Quotes
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There is no passion like that of a functionary for his function.Georges Clemenceau
No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets.Edward Abbey
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.Fyodor Dostoevsky
Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.Oliver Wendell Holmes
All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume.Noam Chomsky
The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.Ralph W. Sockman
Life is not easy for any of us, but what of that? We must have perseverance and, above all, confidence in ourselves.Marie Curie
Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.Horace
If one has not given everything, one has given nothing.Georges Guynemer
Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember.Lucius Annaeus Seneca