Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

you salute your duty,you need not salute anybody. But if u pollute ur duty, u hav 2 salute every body.... -ABDUL KALAM

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Before following a leader, it's wise to see if he's headed in the right direction.

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.