Helicopters don't fly, they vibrate so badly the ground rejects them.

Morituri non cognant, perhaps. Those who are about to die — just don't know.

The Good of the People was a laudable enough goal, but in denying a man's soul, an enduring part of his being, Marxism stripped away the foundation of human dignity and individual value. It also cast aside the objective measure of justice and ethics which, he decided, was the principal legacy of religion to civilized life.

There are two kinds of people: the ones who need to be told and the ones who figure it out all by themselves.

And so began something that had not quite begun and would not soon end, with many people in many places moving off in directions and on missions which they all mistakenly thought they understood. That was just as well. The future was too fearful for contemplation, and beyond the expected, illusory finish lines were things fated by the decisions made this morning -- and, once decided, best unseen.

I've made up stuff that's turned out to be real, that's the spooky part.

That's the ultimate pornography. There's nothing more pornographic than glorifying war.