"The demise of the American empire will be no more regretted than the demise of the Soviet empire."

-- Chalmers Johnson

#Demise Quotes #Empires Quotes #Soviet Quotes

“Now they were as strangers; nay worse than strangers, for they could never become acquainted.”
“Democracy is also a single ideology, and, like all such templates, it has its limits. what works in a legislature might not work in a corporation.”

Source : Fareed Zakaria (2007). “The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad (Revised Edition)”, p.26, W. W. Norton & Company
“All other men are specialists, but his specialism is omniscience.”
“When in the wondrous realms above Our Saviour had been called upon, To save our world of sin by love, He said, "Thy will, O Lord, be done.' The Kings of kings left worlds of light, Became the meek and lowly one; In brightest day or darkest night He said, "Thy will, O Lord, be done." No crown of thorns, no cruel cross Could make our great Redeemer shun. He counted his own will but loss, And said, "Thy will, O Lord, be done." We take the bread and cup this day, In memory of the Sinless One, And pray for strength, That we may say, As he, "Thy will, O Lord, be done."”
“To reach your potential you must grow. And to grow, you must be highly intentional about it.”
“Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.”
“I remember coming back from training one day and Simon Poidevin was talking to a priest. I thought...this was going to be some rough encounter because there's Poido getting the last rites before the test's even started”
“There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it ill behaves any of us to find fault with the rest of us.”

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