“The sovereignty fetish is still so strong in the public mind, that there would appear to be little chance of winning popular assent to American membership in anything approaching a super-state organization. Much will depend on the kind of approach which is used…

“Pope Francis inspired a new generation of people, regardless of their religious affiliation, to be instruments of peace.” Nancy Pelosi, on news that Pope Francis would address a join session of the U.S. Congress. Source Reference WHAT OTHERS SAY: Perhaps…

“If you want peace you must prepare for war.” André Wüstner, Chairman, German Armed Forces Association, February 8, 2015. Source Reference Germany’s head of Armed Forces Association

“We have no government armed in power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Our Constitution was made only for a religious and moral people. It is wholly inadequate for the government of any other.” John Adams, (1735-1826) Founding…

“In the end it will not matter to us whether we fought with flails or reeds. It will matter to us greatly on what side we fought.” Gilbert Keith Chesterton, (1874-1936) British essayist, critic, poet, and novelist. Source Reference Gilbert Keith…

“When we think of the past, we forget the fools and remember the sage. We reverse the process for our own time.” George Boas, (1891-1980) Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. Source Reference George Boas Quote

“Shame on the men who can court exemption from present trouble and expense at the price of their own posterity’s liberty!” Samuel Adams, (1722-1803), was known as the “Father of the American Revolution.” Source: writing as “Candidus,” February 3, 1776. Source…

“Challenges from urbanization and migration will persist, while the effects of air pollution, inadequate water, and climate change on human health and livelihood will become more noticeable. Domestic policy responses to such issues will become more difficult—especially for democracies—as publics…

“The world is in need of leadership on the global stage – but in Munich, no leaders were in sight.” Ulrike Esther Franke, European Council of Foreign Relations, and policy fellow with the New European Security Initiative. Source Reference WHAT…

“While the right to talk may be the beginning of freedom, the necessity of listening is what makes the right important.” Walter Lippmann, (1889-1974) American writer, journalist, and political commentator. Source Reference Walter Lippmann Quote

“Every man – in the development of his own personality – has the right to form his own beliefs and opinions. Hence, suppression of belief, opinion and expression is an affront to the dignity of man, a negation of man’s essential nature.” Thomas I….

“Of all the tyrannies on human kind the worst is that which persecutes the mind.” John Dryden, (1631-1700) English Poet. Source: The Hind and the Panther, 1687. Source Reference John Dryden Quote