"#* Hippolytus, Ref. haer. ix. 9 (Fragment 53). Context: "And that the father of all created things is created and uncreated, the made and the maker, we hear him (Heraclitus) saying, 'War is the father and king of all,' etc.""

"Working in the government nowadays, you can only get things done if you have the determination to go against the prevailing trend."

"Say what you will: politics spoils a man’s character. Or rather: politics show how basically rotten man’s character is."

"My mother told me he used to go behind enemy lines, rub shoulders with the enemy forces and never get caught. … He was always saying how we have to live in harmony with all living things in this world…"

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