Nick

“I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.”
― Charles de Gaulle

“Before I go on with this short history, let me make a general observation– the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.
One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise. This philosophy fitted on to my early adult life, when I saw the improbable, the implausible, often the "impossible," come true.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Crack-Up

“Where wisdom reigns, there is no conflict between thinking and feeling.”
― Carl Gustav Jung

“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
― Mark Twain