Category Archives: Quotations Freedom

When you lose a friend you have an overpowering desire to go …

When you lose a friend you have an overpowering desire to go back home and yell in everybody’s ear, ‘This guy was killed fighting for you.’ Don’t forget him – ever. Keep him in your mind when you wake up in the morning and when you go to bed at night. Don’t think of him as a statistic which changes 38,788 casualties to 38,789. Think of him as a guy who wanted to live every bit as much as you do. Bill Mauldin
During World War II.

The rotter who simpers that he sees no difference between the power …

The rotter who simpers that he sees no difference between the power of thedollar and the power of the whip, ought to learn the difference on his ownhide — as, I think, he will. Until and unless you discover that money isthe root of all good, you ask for your own destruction. When money ceasesto be the tool by which men deal with one another, then men become the tools of men. Blood, whips, and guns — or dollars. Take your choice — there is no other — and your time is running out. Ayn Rand
Francisco d’Anconia, _Atlas Shrugged_, (1905-1982)