Carpe Diem

"History is indeed the witness of the times, the light of truth." --Cicero "Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it." --George Santayana "Give peace a chance..." --John Lennon

These nations have progressed through this sequence: from bondage to spiritual faith,from spiritual faith to great courage,from courage to liberty,from liberty to abundance, from abundance to selfishness,from selfishness to complacency,from complacency to apathy,from apathy to dependency, from dependency back to bondage.--alexander tytler