A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them. As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being. - Carl Jung
The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.
It has been said that Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.
It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time.
Dictators ride to and fro on tigers from which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.
Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say: This was their finest hour.
The English know how to make the best of things. Their so-called muddling through is simply skill at dealing with the inevitable.
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope.
Curse ruthless time! Curse our mortality. How cruelly short is the allotted span for all we must cram into it!
Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the hard may be; for without victory there is no survival.
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