We need to keep a very keen eye on our own government. It's getting too rich and redistributing wealth is a sure way of robbing us of our private property rights and other rights along with them.

...the collapse of tsarism, while not improbably, was certainly not inevitable.

In the end [after the 1905 revolution], Russia gained nothing more than a breathing spell.

Cities can be rebuilt, industries can be rebuilt, what really matters are strategy forces, military forces and the cadres leaders, political, military and economic.

success awaits those who steadfastly commit to any requisite sacrifice

A wise man to accomplish his end may even carry his foe on his shoulder.

People can look to me as a teacher, but I consider myself a student of hip-hop.

Being a geek is all about learning the inventories of things.

We don't want to just tell [students] who the people are, we don't want to just tell them what happened - we want to show the process by which it formed itself.

The whole purpose of religion is to facilitate love and compassion, patience, tolerance, humility, and forgiveness.

In the end, you're measured not by how much you undertake but by what you finally accomplish.

Take this squirrel, for instance. Ulysses. Do I believe he can type poetry? Sure, I do believe it. There is much more beauty in the world if I believe such a thing is possible.

Confidence, not paper or digital money, is the key currency in a capitalist system.

It is a great moment in every freak's life when he or she finds out that at least they are not the only one.