This war has been motivated by pride or arrogance,
by a desire to control oil wealth, by
a desire to read more

This war has been motivated by pride or arrogance,
by a desire to control oil wealth, by
a desire to implant our programs.
on the Diane Rehm Show.

It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all

It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all

The greed of gain has no time or limit to its capaciousness. Its one object is to produce and consume. read more

The greed of gain has no time or limit to its capaciousness. Its one object is to produce and consume. It has pity neither for beautiful nature nor for living human beings. It is ruthlessly ready without a moment's hesitation to crush beauty and life.

To greed, all nature is insufficient.

To greed, all nature is insufficient.

Worse than traitors in arms are the men who pretend loyalty to the flag, feast and fatten on the misfortunes read more

Worse than traitors in arms are the men who pretend loyalty to the flag, feast and fatten on the misfortunes of the Nation while patriotic blood is crimsoning the plains of the South and their countrymen moldering the dust.

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of read more

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.

Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything

Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything

The most pitiful human ailment is a birdseed heart.

The most pitiful human ailment is a birdseed heart.

Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all the joy that could be.

Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all the joy that could be.