“We all have our faults; the challenge is to keep them from becoming vices.” Benson

“In our youth, my “inmate friends” and I were guilty of nothing more than poor judgment, indiscretion, and other misdemeanors.” Benson

“Love is the whole history of a woman’s life; it is an episode in a man’s.” Germain DeStael in The Influence of the Passions

“Those who know history know that financial and military power are the political tools that make diplomacy possible. This is why the Left is forever wanting in this regard. They seem to believe that diplomacy is simply ‘making nice even when there is nothing to make nice about.’” Benson

“Companies like armies erode over time if not moving forward.” Benson (partially paraphrased from Victor Hanson in The Savior Generals)

“History also tells us that great leadership is more likely to produce success in war and business than ideas (Obama-like), plans, and numbers.

“Our President has shown that he is capable of doing great things but often in the wrong way and thus, receives little credit except that which he gives himself.” Benson

“Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never ever the same.” Flavia