We must guard against…
We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought by the military-industrial complex. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. – Oliver Stone (1946 – ): Platoon More »








![IMAGE: What you do not wish for yourself, do not impose on others. / Do (to others) as you would be done by. [Whatever you would have people do for you, do the same for them.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/confucius-547153_640_statue-43361_640-200x150.jpg)
![IMAGE: Nothing is hard to a willing mind. [Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.] / Who likes not his business, his business likes not him.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/keyboard-417093_417090_417092_417095_640-200x133.jpg)

![IMAGE: The usefulness of (the) useless. [Everyone knows the usefulness of useful things, but no one knows the usefulness of useless things. / Everyone knows the use of the useful, but not the use of the useless.] (Even if something did not bring immediate benefit, it could still turn out to be valuable.)](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/place-name-sign-822236_640-100x71.jpg)

![IMAGE: "The earth", he said, "has a skin; and this skin has diseases. One of these diseases is called, for example, 'humanity'." [The earth, said he, hath a skin; and this skin hath diseases. One of these diseases, for example, is called "man."]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/earth-1149733_640-100x66.jpg)


