“What gunpowder did for war, the printing press has done for the mind.”

“How prudently most men creep into nameless graves, while now and then one or two forget themselves into immortality.”

“When I want to find the vanguard of the people I look to the uneasy dreams of an aristocracy and find what they dread most.”

“Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment.”

“Physical bravery is an animal instinct moral bravery is much higher and truer courage. ”

“We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.”

“America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves. To quote the American humorist Kin Hubbard, 'It aint no disgrace to be po...”

“Youve changed me forever. And Ill never forget you.”

“Eduardo Galeano notes that America was conquered, but not discovered, that the men who arrived with a religion to impose and dreams of gold never really knew where they were, and that this discover...”

“Certainly the most destructive vice if you like, that a person can have. More than pride, which is supposedly the number one of the cardinal sins - is self pity. Self pity is the worst possible emo...”

“Ours is a shockingly dead view of creation. We ourselves are the only things in the universe to which we grant an authentic vitality, and because of this we are not fully alive.”

“Americans... are forever searching for love in forms it never takes, in places it can never be. It must have something to do with the vanished frontier.”