Sunday 8 February 2015

Quotes of the month - 2014

December 2014: To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace (George Washington, 1732-1799)

November 2014: We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon (Konrad Adenauer, 1876-1967)

October 2014: Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind (Virginia Woolf, 1882-1941)

September 2014: The American dream does not come to those who fall asleep (Richard Nixon, 1913-1994)

August 2014: Pennies don't fall from heaven, they have to be earned here on earth (Margaret Thatcher, 1925-2013)

July 2014: It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don't want victories anymore (Golda Meir, 1898-1978)

June 2014: Strength and wisdom are not opposing values (Bill Clinton, b. 1946)

May 2014: The right to change the government by the ballot box and not the barrel of a gun; perhaps the best definition of a democracy (Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, b. 1926)

April 2014: We can only protect liberty by making it relevant to the modern world (Tony Blair, b. 1953)

March 2014: I think my biggest achievement is that, after going through a rather difficult time, I consider myself comparatively sane (Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, 1929-1994)

February 2014: A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination (Nelson Mandela, 1918-2013)

January 2014: Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning (Albert Einstein, 1879-1955)
 

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