The U.S. states that allow for citizens' initiatives tend to have fewer laws and lower taxes than the ones that don't. But the beauty of the system is that it encourages the spread of best practice.
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.
We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.
War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.
Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret...
The fact is ones own voice is not heard anywhere...
I have always believed in evolving a consensus before taking any major...
