James Hull

“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“Radically ordinary hospitality does not simply flow from the day-to-day interests of the household. You must prepare spiritually. The Bible calls spiritual preparation warfare. Radically ordinary hospitality is indeed spiritual warfare.”
― Rosaria Champagne Butterfield, The Gospel Comes with a House Key: Practicing Radically Ordinary Hospitality in Our Post-Christian World

“There is an ancient saying in China, one of the famous “Thirty-Six Stratagems” for dealing with an enemy. The stratagem is this: “Conceal a dagger behind a smile.”
― Michael Fabey, Crashback: The Power Clash Between the U.S. and China in the Pacific

“Barbara Tuchman defined a folly as an action by the state that was against its national interest, and despite being recognized as such, follies were policies that were maintained for a prolonged period, thus inflicting considerable societal and economic damage.”
― Viktor Shvets, The Great Rupture: Three Empires, Four Turning Points, and the Future of Humanity