Soldiers can sometimes make decisions that are smarter than the orders they've been given.

I don't care if I pass your test, I don't care if I follow your rules. If you can cheat, so can I. I won't let you beat me unfairly - I'll beat you unfairly first. - Ender

I've watched through his eyes, I've listened through his ears, and I tell you he's the one.

Human beings may be miserable specimens, in the main, but we can learn, and, through learning, become decent people.

America is an empire that does not wish to be one ; we are easily discouraged from doing what must be done to maintain the global order that allows democracy and prosperity to flourish.

Maybe we're the fools, for thinking we know things. Maybe humans are the only ones who can deal with the fact that nothing can ever be known at all.

In order to learn, one must change one's mind.