Famous quotes containing the words basic and/or level:
“Southerners, whose ancestors a hundred years ago knew the horrors of a homeland devastated by war, are particularly determined that war shall never come to us again. All Americans understand the basic lessons of history: that we need to be resolute and able to protect ourselves, to prevent threats and domination by others.”
—Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)
“No man loses ever on a lower level by magnanimity on a higher.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)