"I began to appreciate that authentic truth is never simple and that any version of truth handed down from on high - whether by presidents, prime ministers, or archbishops - is inherently suspect. The powerful, I came to see, reveal truth only to the extent that it suits them."

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Source : Andrew J. Bacevich (2010). “Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War”, p.3, Metropolitan Books

Andrew Bacevich

#Powerful Quotes #Simple Quotes #Appreciate Quotes

“We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment, inflation... but we are attempting on a larger scale to fulfill the promise of America.”
“Already, there is evidence that crimes are being committed with regard to campaign finance, and the FEC is unable to do anything.”
“In the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial, Who, squatting upon the ground, Held his heart in his hands, And ate of it. I said, â€˜Is it good, friend?â€™ â€˜It is bitter â€” bitter,â€™ he answered, â€˜But I like it Because it is bitter, And because it is my heart.”

Source : The Black Riders and Other Lines "In the Desert" l. 1 (1895)
“The finer things I feel in me, the golden dance life could be.”

Source : Song: The Finer Things
“And my dad's answer would be usually something to the affect of, A, it came out better than he imagined, but also, he said, "No, it would be impossible for me to imagine the way it will come out." He said, "Yes, I story-boarded it, I had a plan, but then I work with an army of great artists and I want all of them to create inside that creation."”
“Nowadays love is a matter of chance, matrimony a matter of money and divorce a matter of course.”
“I want you to know that everything I did, I did for my country.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“No need for confusion, my dear Mulgrave [...] Beautiful wine and sour vinegar come from exactly the same source. Curiously if one leaves a bottle of wine open for long enough it will become vinegar. Happily in this house wine never survives long enough to go bad.”

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