Proverbs

Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.

Do you know, my son, with what little understanding the world is ruled? - Pope Julius III

He who defends everything defends nothing. - Fredrick II, Holy Roman Emperor

I have loved justice and hated inequity; and therefore I die in exile. - Pope Gregory VII, Tuscan Pope

I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse. - King Charles V King of France; Misattributed. Actually stated by Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire

Had I been present at the creation, I would have given some useful hints for the better ordering of the universe. - Alfonso X, the Wise, King of Castile

Kill them all, God will recognize his own. - Arnaud Amaury, Abbot of Citeaux

Since love and fear can hardly coexist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved. Niccolo Machiavelli

He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command. Niccolo Machiavelli

One should never risk one's whole fortune unless supported by one's entire forces. Niccolo Machiavelli

It is not titles that honour men, but men that honour titles. Niccolo Machiavelli

You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. - Navajo proverb

A good man does not take what belongs to someone else. - Pueblo proverb

The one who tells the stories rules the world. - Hopi proverb

Walk lightly in the spring; Mother Earth is pregnant. - Kiowa proverb

After dark all cats are leopards. - Zuni proverb

All who have died are equal. - Comanche proverb.

Cherish youth, but trust old age. - Pueblo proverb

If you're lucky enough to be Irish, you're lucky enough - Irish proverb

Twelve highlanders and a bagpipe make a rebellion. - Scottish proverb

People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both. - Benjamin Franklin

There is a great danger for the United States of America. This great danger is the Jew.

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. - Rita Mae Brown

We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing. - G. Stanley Hall

Treason is a charge invented by winners as an excuse for hanging the losers. - Sherman Edwards and Peter Stone

[Freedom is] not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature