Great Throughts Treasury

This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.

James Webb

American Senator, Author and Secretary of the Navy

"Every human being has four hungers; the hunger of the loins, the hunger of the belly, the hunger of the mind, the hunger of the soul. You can get by a long time on the loins and the belly, but there is a good deal of evidence that even the meanest men eventually crave something for the mind and soul."

"If they didn't want to know, they shouldn't have asked."

"Before all else, each of us must take a fundamental risk to be true to ourselves."