“They have plundered the world, stripping naked the land in their hunger they are driven by greed, if their enemy be rich; by ambition, if poor They ravage, they slaughter, they seize by false prete...”

“So obscure are the greatest events, as some take for granted any hearsay, whatever its source, others turn truth into falsehood, and both errors find encouragement with posterity.”

“A bad peace is worse than war.”

“Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.”

“The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.”

“To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.”

“Well, normally Im against big things. I think the world is going to be saved by millions of small things. Too many things can go wrong when they get big. Pete Seeger (on how he felt about attendin...”

“In summer the empire of insects spreads.”

“Well, normally I’m against big things. I think the world is going to be saved by millions of small things. Too many things can go wrong when they get big.” — Pete Seeger (on how he felt about atten...”

“Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.”

“As time and space are bent by gravity, so too is truth bent by power.”

“What a curious power words have.”