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: Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. [Patriotism: Your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. / Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ai-generated-9017144_640-100x67.jpg)





