Brian Bridgeforth

“The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.”
― Alexis de Tocqueville

“Statesmen are not called upon to only settle easy questions. These often settle themselves. It is where the balance quivers, and the proportions are veiled in mist, that the opportunity for world-saving decisions presents itself.”
― Winston Churchill

“I never forgot that he had as much reason to fear my forces as I had his.”
― Ulysses S. Grant

“Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.”
― Dwight D. Eisenhower