❝ One has to recognize that science is not metaphysics, and certainly not mysticism; it can never bring us the illumination and the satisfaction experienced by one enraptured in ecstasy. Science is sobriety and clarity of conception, not intoxicated vision.

Ludwig von Mises

❝ Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

Warren Buffett (1930- )

❝ A private central bank issuing the public currency is a greater menace to the liberty of the people than a standing army.

Thomas Jefferson