Diodorus Siculus (historian): Observed that Jews treated other people as enemies and inferiors. " 'Usury' is the practice of lending money at excessive interest rates. This has for centuries caused great misery and poverty for Gentiles. It has brought strong condemnation of the Jews!"

Thomas Aquinas, 13th century scholastic philosopher. In his "On the Governance of the Jews," he wrote: "The Jews should not be allowed to keep what they have obtained from others by usury; it were best that they were compelled to worked so that they could earn their living instead of doing nothing but becoming avaricious."

“When the roots are deep there is no reason to fear the wind.”

“The wolf changes his hair, but never his temperament." - Croatian Proverb

“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” ― John Muir

“The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.” - Aristotle

"We saw it! The hussars let loose their horses: God, what power! They ran through the smoke and the sound was like that of a thousand blacksmiths beating with a thousand hammers. Jezus Maria! The lances bent forward like stalks of rye driven by a great storm, bent on glory! They crash into the Swedish reiters…Overwhelming them! They sliced without effort through the whole army…”