“When we lose sight of all for which we should be thankful, that vista can always be recovered through service to others.”

“Regress – material, intellectual and moral – can be as common as progress. If each new generation proves a poor custodian of the laws, behaviors, knowledge, and learning inherited from those now gone.” – Victor Davis Hanson.

“Literature and history become bulwarks from the cruel assaults of old age.” – Victor Davis Hanson

“I suppose, indeed, that in public life, a man whose principles have any decided character and who has energy enough to give them effect must always expect to encounter political hostility from those of adverse principles.” – Thomas Jefferson