Benjamin Franklin on sacrificing freedom for security
“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety” is a quote and motto attributed to …
Political Leaders
“You’ll be damned if you do and damned if you don’t”
One of Eleanor Roosevelt’s most famous quotes reveals her determination in the face of adversity: “Do what you feel in your heart …
Famous quotes by Eleanor Roosevelt and a brief biography
Born on 11th October 1884, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was the longest-serving first lady of the United States of America. She is remembered …
Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God
“Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God” is an aphorism and proposed motto for the Seal of the United States attributed to …
Adams’ message to posterity on the cost of freedom
“Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a …
John Adams was pessimistic about the survival of democracy
“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit …
Lincoln: the only president without a religion
It is ironic that the man widely regarded as the most saintly of US presidents never joined a Christian church – a …
A brief history of Abraham Lincoln
What follows is a brief history of Abraham Lincoln, a humble effort to objectively summarise the life of an extraordinary and complex …
Mrs Thatcher didn’t believe she was qualified to be Prime Minister
In a BBC interview which aired in March, 1973, then Minister for Education, Margaret Thatcher said: “I don’t think there will be …
Did a simple book of quotes set Churchill upon the path to greatness?
How did a political has-been in his mid-sixties, languishing on the backbenches of the British parliament, rise to become one of the …