Fin

“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“If none of us is prepared to die for freedom, then all of us will die under tyranny.”
― Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny: The Book to Help You Understand Why Democracy Is Failing

“If you haven't read hundreds of books, you are functionally illiterate, and you will be incompetent, because your personal experiences alone aren't broad enough to sustain you.”
― Jim Mattis, Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead

“It is what men think, that determines how they act”
― John Stuart Mill, Considerations on Representative Government