Even so, I think historians have more to offer than perspective on our present woes. The foreign country we call the past also lets us look beyond the horizons of what is, to see what could be.

The Internet is the aggregate of human derpitude.Listening to the Internet without being confident you've found a well-curated garden relative to the area of concern is a bad idea.

The failure of the roman system to furnish decent minimal standards for the mass of people was a fundamental cause of instability, both political and economic.

It feels great to win and I can't be more thankful to the Lord for walking me through every step. God was and is so faithful every time.

Waging war we understand, but not waging peace, or at any rate less consciously so.

I'd love to retire somewhere like Winchester, where you have one foot on the pavement but a sense of being in the country as well.

Truth is what the voice within tells you.

Medicine is not merely a science but an art. The character of the physician may act more powerfully upon the patient than the drugs employed.

It was the only way to progress, to stop.

Hug the shore; let others try the deep.

I've made this statement many times: If I would have to do it over again, I would have made known the forthcoming Tet Offensive.