Katherine

“Those who can make people believe absurdities, can make people commit atrocities.”
― Voltaire

“Oh, he understood very well that for the meek soul of a simple Russian, exhausted by grief and hardship and, above all, by constant injustice and sin, his own or the world’s, there was no stronger need than to find a holy shrine or a saint to prostrate himself before and to worship. —Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov”
― Steven Lee Myers, The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin

“No state, no matter how advanced, is immune from flawed leadership, the erosion of political checks and balances, and the degradation of its institutions.”
― Fiona Hill, There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century

“Deep within traditional Jewish culture lies the conviction that the only real way to achieve wealth is to attend diligently to the needs of others and to conduct oneself in an honorable and trustworthy fashion.”
― Daniel Lapin, Thou Shall Prosper: Ten Commandments for Making Money