Given Pounds and five years, and an ordinary man can in the ordinary course, without any undue haste or putting any pressure upon his taste, surround himself with books, all in his own language, and thence forward have at least one place in the world.
- Augustine Birrell
Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.
- Edward R. Murrow
The field of combat was a long, narrow, green-baize covered table. The weapons were words.
- C. Turner Joy
How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?
- Charles de Gaulle
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
The Supreme Court’s only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.
- Irving R. Kaufman
Never doubt that you can change history. You already have.
- Marge Piercy
In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.
- Douglas MacArthur
The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.
- Mark Twain
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn’t a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
- Margaret Thatcher
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