Nobody ever lived in the past.

I think it is one of the most extraordinary elections, a turning point for our country and for the world. That remarkable young man [Barack Obama] has kept his demeanor, kept his temperament and has shown a power to inspire. I see what energy that he has inspired among the young. Well, it inspires us old goats too.

I lament the want of a liberal education. I feel the mist of ignorance to surround me - Nathanael Greene

The first of all qualities of a general is courage.

The preparations were elaborate and mammoth in scale, and Washington threw himself into the effort, demanding that not an hour be lost.

Morality only is eternal. All the rest is balloon and bubble from the cradle to the grave.

Home is really where education does begin.