Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. Without books, the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are the engines of change, window on the world, “lighthouses” (as a poet) “erected in the sea of time.” They are companions, teachers, […]
Barbara W. Tuchman Quotes
If power corrupts, weakness in the seat of power, with its constant necessity of deals and bribes and compromising arrangements, corrupts even more.
