Three Roars

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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2013	Lacking
2012	So Small A Thing
2011	Is Your Time Valuable?