When You Have Stopped Learning You Have

The Kgb Still Killed People, The Kgb Would Not Execute Its Last Prisoner Until The Final Days Of Its Existence In 1991, But By The Eighties A Termination Required Paperwork And Signatures And A Post-action Review.

In Battle, You Forgive A Man Anything Except An Unwillingness To Take Risks. Sometimes You Have To Put It On The Line.

The Control Of Information Is Something The Elite Always Does, Particularly In A Despotic Form Of Government. Information, Knowledge, Is Power. If You Can Control Information, You Can Control People.

There Is A Long And Honorable Tradition Of Citizens In Service To Their Nation That Goes Back At Least As Far As Cincinnatus, The Roman Citizen Who, More Than Once Answered His Country's Call, Then Returned To His Farm And His Family And His Work.

Man Is A Creature Of Hope And Invention, Both Of Which Belie The Idea That Things Cannot Be Changed.