A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.

The growth of modern constitutional government compels for its successful practice the exercise of reason and considerate judgment by the individual citizens who constitute the electorate.

That's the definition of 'success' for the modern Democrat Party. As many people dependent on government as possible is the objective.

They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. But in modern war there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.

In modern war... you will die like a dog for no good reason.

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.

The difficulty for most of us in the modern world is that the old-fashioned idea of God has become incredible or implausible.

It is the child's understanding that teaches the adults the way of the future. They're still doing it today with modern technology.

Our modern states are preparing for war without even knowing the future enemy.

I watched a lot of silent directors who were absolutely great like John Ford and Fritz Lang Tod Browning and also some very modern directors like The Coen Brothers. The directors take the freedom within their own movies to be melodramatic or funny when they chose to be. They do whatever they want and they don't care about the genre.