The most fundamental problem of politics is not the control of wickedness but the limitation of righteousness. | |
To seek to achieve [American values] by military occupation in a part of the world where they had no historical roots, imbued the American endeavor in Iraq with a Sisyphean quality. | |
Long ago, in youth, I was brash enough to think myself able to pronounce on ‘The Meaning of History‘. I now know that history’s meaning is a matter to be discovered, not declared. | |
— Henry Kissinger | |
The three quotes are from the article: “The Lion in Winter“ | |
Written by: Walter Isaacson | |
Appearing in: Time Magazine; dtd: 22 September 2014 | |
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2014 | Be R-E-L-E-V-A-N-T |
2013 | Lacking |
2012 | So Small A Thing |
2011 | Is Your Time Valuable? |
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Three Roars
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