#maxim

I had to give him props, but how annoying of him to be a hero when I was trying so hard to dislike him. It was downright selfish. ↗

— James Patterson

#selfishness

Afghanistan is going to be here a long time, and what's critical is that Afghanistan's relationship with its neighbors are, to the maximum extent they can be, constructive and operationally useful. ↗

— John R. Allen

#constructive #critical #extent #going #here

There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty. ↗

— John Adams

#endanger #free #free government #government #liberty

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. ↗

— Aristotle

#men #utter #young #young men

Wikileaks is a mechanism to maximize the flow of information to maximize the amount of action leading to just reform. ↗

— Julian Assange

#amount #flow #information #just #leading