Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning, but give me the man who has pluck to fight when he's sure of losing. That's my way, sir; and there are many victories worse than a defeat. -George Eliot
We have only two modes: complacency and panic. -James R. Schlesinger in 1977 on the country's approach to energy
Government is too big and too important to be left to the politicians. -Claire Huchet Bishop