"He who wishes to secure the good of others, has already secured his own." - Confucius

"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between." - Oscar Wilde

"Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose."["The more things change, the more they stay the same."] - Alphonse Karr

"Everything is new if you are ignorant of history. That is why ideas that have failed repeatedly in centuries past reappear again, under the banner of 'change,' to dazzle people and sweep them off their feet." - Thomas Sowell

"It may be true... that 'you can't fool all the people all the time,' but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country." - Will Durant