23 October 2002 October 22, 2012 Author: Staff Chechen terrorists seize the House of Culture theater in Moscow. Famous Words of Inspiration..."Nothing is quite so wretchedly corrupt as an aristocracy which has lost its power but kept its wealth and which still has endless leisure to devote to nothing but banal enjoyments. All its great thoughts and passionate energy are things of the past, and nothing but a host of petty, gnawing vices now cling to it like worms to a corpse." Alexis de Tocqueville — Click here for more from Alexis de Tocqueville Related posts: 23 October 2002 24 October 2002 2 October 2002 27 July 2002 27 January 2002 6 June 2002 Categories: History Tags: 2002, 23 October