15th June 2019 "Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons." — Bertrand Russell

25th June 2019 "The temptation to form premature theories upon insufficient data is the bane of our profession." — Sherlock Holmes

14th June 2019 "Ambition has been the driving force behind nearly all the best work of the world. In particular, practically all substantial contributions to human happiness have been made by ambitious men." – G. H. Hardy

13th June 2019 “The fundamental cause of the trouble in the modern world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” — Bertrand Russell in 1933, lamenting the rise of the Nazi movement.

16th June 2019 "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction." — Ronald Reagan

9th June 2019 "Being tolerant does not mean that I share another one's belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another one's right to believe, and obey, his own conscience." — Viktor E. Frankl

26th June 2019 The days you are most uncomfortable are the days you learn the most about yourself. — Mary L. Bean

8th June 2019 “Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, you are unlikely to step up and take responsibility for making it so.” — Noam Chomsky

14th July 2019 "No one will really understand politics until they understand that politicians are not trying to solve our problems. They are trying to solve their own problems -- of which getting elected and re-elected are No. 1 and No. 2. Whatever is No. 3 is far behind". — Thomas Sowell