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 Good Plan Today is Better than a Perfect Plan Tomorrow
Patton actually said: “A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week.” The quote had military […]
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 […]
I Never Met a Man I didn’t Like
Who was Will Rogers? He can’t be easily defined – he was a horse breaker, circus performer, vaudeville wise-cracker, movie […]
Wisdom Begins in Wonder
“Wisdom begins in wonder” is an epigram attributed to the ancient Greek philosopher, Socrates. None of his written works survive. […]
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 […]
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 […]