Quotes For You

Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old, seek what they sought. -Matsuo Basho

People wander about what you are pursuing. You have to explain about the thread. -William Stafford, American poet (1914-1993)

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. - George Washington

A man's character is his fate. - HERACLITUS (c. 540 - c. 480 BC), Greek philosopher

The qualities of a great man are "vision, integrity, courage, understanding, the power of articulation, and profundity of character. - DWIGHT EISENHOWER (1890-1969)

Our men ... have killed to exterminate men, women, children, prisoners and captives, active insurgents and suspected people from lads of 10 up.... Our soldiers have pumped salt water into men to "make them talk," and have taken prisoners people who held up their hands and peacefully surrendered, and an hour later. . .stood them on a bridge and shot them down one by one, to drop into the water below and float down, as examples to those who found their bullet-loaded corpses. -Philadelphia Ledger newspaper in 1901, from its Manila correspondent during the US war with Spain for the control of the Philippines

Governments, like clocks, go from the motion that men give them. Therefore, governments rather depend upon men, than men upon governments. Let the men be good, then the government cannot be bad; if the men be bad, then government will never be good. I know some say 'let us have good laws and no matter for the people who execute them.' But let them consider that though good laws do well, good men do better. For good laws may lack good men, but good men will never lack good laws nor allow bad ones. - William Penn in 1681, America, Character Counts