Facts are almost irrelevant to most people. We make decisions based on emotion and then justify them later with whatever facts we can scrounge up in our defense.

A sad truth of human nature is that it is hard to care for people when they are abstractions, hard to care when it is not you or somebody close to you. Unless the world community can stop finding ways to dither in the face of this monstrous threat to humanity those words Never Again will persist in being one of the most abused phrases in the English language and one of the greatest lies of our time.

We are all born with a powerful herd instinct and it can force otherwise rational people to act in inexplicable ways.

Our days are so few, our existences so complicated. As long as we're breathing we shouldn't further complicate our lives.

History never seems to teach us any lessons. But that is no reason to give up.

"There is no greater gift to an insecure leader that quite matches a vague enemy who can be used to whip up fear and hatred among the population."

If we want to change things, we must first change ourselves. If we want to play - if we want to change the world - we must first show up on the field to score.