“ My God, Judge, do men believe whatever lie they hear about an enemy? ”
If it's really education you want for Nathan,' Buell said, 'have him read the papers, so he'll know what's going on in the world, and why. Teach him to be interested in everything he doesn't understand - interested enough to find out about it from books or people that aren't afraid to tell the truth.
~ Kenneth Roberts
All of us know history repeats itself, but mighty few of us recognize the repetition until too late.
Valiant! The word mocked me, for I knew myself to be anything but valiant. What I had done, I had done in a fit of insane bitterness, not with cool courage, not with brave quick thinking, not with presence of mind - but with absence of it.
People never believe anything - except scandal - when they first hear it.
