They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety
-Ben Franklin ~1784

Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil evil in check, but that is not what I have found. It is the small things, everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay.
-Gandalf the Grey; The Hobbit

Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.
-Sherlock Holmes; The Sign of the Four

Logic clearly dictates that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. Or the one.
-Spock; Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.
― Albert Einstein; Living Philosophies