“If I win the Nobel Peace Prize,

you will know that I have failed.”

Tony Blair

speaking at the commencement of his Arab/Israeli diplomatic mission

as quoted by Jay Nordlinger in his new book:

Peace, They Say

A very good book about the Nobel Peace Prize and it’s winners.

“It is relatively easy to default on sovereign debt

when a substantial number of the bond holders are foreign.”

Niall Ferguson

The Ascent of Money

“Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain… 

and most fools do.”

Benjamin Franklin

American Statesman

“By teaching others we teach ourselves.”

Mexican Proverb

Courtesy of Oscar G.

Jessie Seiler in Senegal

“Age doesn’t matter, unless you’re a cheese.”

Attributed to:

Billie Burke an American Actress

and others

“Despair is a mortal sin.”

A Catholic Theology

(much discussed 200 hundred years ago)

Q:  What do you get if you give a mindless bureaucracy a monopoly?

A:  The Federal Government.

“A gift confers no rights.” 

Friedrich Nietzsche

German Philosopher

“The border has not always been a barrier and there is no reason to think that it will not become something else in the future.”

Rachel St. John

Line in the Sand: A History of the Western U.S.-Mexico Border

“If you can’t make yourself loved, make yourself feared.”

Mayer Amschel Rothschild

Quoted by Niall Ferguson

The Ascent of Money