I'd like to live on horseback and just be a cowboy.
Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Socialism means slavery.
Men cannot be made good by the state, but they can easily be made bad. Morality depends on liberty.
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.
It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others.
Well, I can throw a mean comeback, so there's that. I will crush them on wit.
I knew I really had to put down a good run. I played it safe, and took risks when I could, and I came in the fastest, I guess.
People should be judged on the things they do, not how they look.
No one writes better historical fiction than Steven Pressfield. The Afghan War that was waged by Alexander the Great 2000 years ago is eerily similar to the one that's being fought today. This book should be required reading for anyone who wants to better understand what American and Coalition forces are up against in one of history's most tribal and troubled regions.