The South creates the civilizations, the North conquers them, ruins them, borrows from them, spreads them: this is one summary of history.

Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the seat of the memory.

To give life a meaning, one must have a purpose larger than self.

All deductions having been made, democracy has done less harm, and more good, than any other form of government. It gave to human existence a zest and camaraderie that outweighed its pitfalls and defects. It gave to thought and science and enterprise the freedom essential to their operation and growth. It broke down the walls of privilege and class, and in each generation it raised up ability from every rank and place.

Civilization is social order promoting cultural creation. Four elements constitute it: economic provision, political organization, moral tradition, and the pursuit of knowledge and the arts. It begins where chaos and insecurity end. For when fear is overcome, curiosity and constructiveness are free, and man passes by natural impulse towards the understanding and embellishment of life.

For you will sorely miss civilization if it is sacrificed in the turbulence of change.

Liberty is a product of order.