Humans are basically good, but easily corrupted by poor leadership.
ConfuciusAllow the president to invade a neighboring nation whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure.
Abraham Lincoln'Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel.
William Makepeace ThackerayThe pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.
Jane AustenDon't you hate when your hand falls asleep and you know it will be up all night.
Steven WrightThere are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.
Robert Louis StevensonThere is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly, sometimes it's like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges.
Ernest HemingwayReason often makes mistakes, but conscience never does.
Josh Billings