"Democracy is only an experiment in government, and it has the obvious disadvantage of merely counting votes instead of weighing them."
William Ralph Inge (1860 - 1954)
English author & Anglican prelate
"A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand."
Bertrand Russell
English author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 - 1970)
"Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day."
Bertrand Russell
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts."
Bertrand Russell
"It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the problem."
G. K. Chesterton
Scandal of Father Brown (1935)
English author & mystery novelist (1874 - 1936)
"If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence."
Bertrand Russell
"The Americans will always do the right thing... After they've exhausted all the alternatives."
Sir Winston Churchill
"If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack."
Sir Winston Churchill
British politician (1874 - 1965)
"Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive. And don't ever apologize for anything."
Harry S Truman
33rd president of US (1884 - 1972)
"Never, never, never give up."
Sir Winston Churchill