Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general.

A phenomenon noticeable throughout history regardless of place or period is the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests.

The costliest myth of our time has been the myth of the Communist monolith.

Books are humanity in print.

We seem to be afflicted by a widespread and eroding reluctance to take any stand on any values, moral, behavioral or esthetic.

Government remains the paramount area of folly because it is there that men seek power over others - only to lose it over themselves.

More than a code of manners in war and love, Chivalry was a moral system, governing the whole of noble life.