Never appeal to a man's 'better nature.' He may not have one. Invoking his self-interest gives you more leverage.

Wisdom includes not getting angry unnecessarily. The Law ignores trifles and the wise man does, too.

Liberty is never unalienable, it must be redeemed regularly with the blood of patriots or it always vanishes.

Specialisation is for insects!

Our behavior is different. How often have you seen a headline like this?--TWO DIE ATTEMPTING RESCUE OF DROWNING CHILD. If a man gets lost in the mountains, hundreds will search and often two or three searchers are killed. But the next time somebody gets lost just as many volunteers turn out. Poor arithmetic, but very human. It runs through all our folklore, all human religions, all our literature--a racial conviction that when one human needs rescue, others should not count the price.

When the citizens of a nation will no longer volunteer to defend it, then it is probably not worth saving. No nation has the right to survive with conscript troops, and in the long run, no nation ever has.

Being a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation.