Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.
What we feel and think and are is to a great extent determined by the state of our ductless glands and viscera.
As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he a soldier. Other than that, he's a great military man, I want you to know that.
Call it loyalty, call it what you want, but I suppose I've got people up here who I'm really tight with, we've made a lot of great bonds over the last few years and I've got people in my corner I can trust.
To live alone is the fate of all great souls.
The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.
The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.
It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.
It makes no difference how deeply seated may be the trouble, how hopeless the outlook how muddled the tangle, how great the mistake. A sufficient realization of love will dissolve it all.
To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny.