When the cat is away, the mice play. [1670 J. Ray English Proverbs 68]

Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle. – George S. Patton, Jr. (1885-1945) US general

The definitions of pride and courage are simple: Pride is holding your head up when all around you have theirs bowed, courage is what makes you do it. – Anonymous

Conductors of great symphony orchestras do not play every musical instrument; yet through leadership the ultimate production is an expressive and unified combination of tones.  – Thomas D. Bailey

  North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms: America must be the moral leader. It is not enough to have power. Power must be used to protect freedom and give all people hope for the opportunity to see the fruit of their own labor.

No American newspaper will print anything contrary to its own interests.— George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish playwright and essayist