“Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.” ~ Bertrand Russell

“Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.” ~ Vaclav Havel

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi

“We are what we repeatedly do.” ~Aristotle

“Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.” ~Aristotle

“It should be noted that no ethically-trained software engineer would ever consent to write a “DestroyBaghdad” procedure. Basic professional ethics would instead require him to write a “DestroyCity” procedure, to which “Baghdad” could be given as a parameter.” ~Nathaniel S. Borenstein

“Naturally the common people don’t want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. …Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” ~Hermann Göring

“It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God.  It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.” ~Thomas Jefferson