Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

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

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Themost prepared are the most dedicated.

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.