"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results" -- Albert Einstein

"We have given you a republic — if you can keep it." -- Benjamin Franklin

"Pacifists would do well to study the Siegfried and Maginot Lines, remembering that these defenses were forced; that Troy fell; that the walls of Hadrian succumbed; that the Great Wall of China was futile; and that, by the same token, the mighty seas which are alleged to defend us can also be circumvented by a resolute and ingenious opponent. In war, the only sure defense is offense, and the efficiency of offense depends on the warlike souls of those conducting it." - General George S. Patton, Jr., War As I Knew It. 1947.

“The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.” - Herbert Spencer