"A sovereign of high character and intelligence must be able to know the right man, should place the responsibility on him, and expect results."

-- Sun Tzu

#War Quotes #Character Quotes #Responsibility Quotes

“It is tempting to pretend that minorities on death row share a fate in no way connected to our own, that our treatment of them sounds no echoes beyond the chambers in which they die. Such an illusion is ultimately corrosive, for the reverberations of injustice are not so easily confined.”
“The role of a leader is to serve his people. We absolutely must first serve the people who we want to lead. They must be able to rely on the leader as much as we hope to rely on them.”
“Knowing nothing about investing might be a benefit. You won't have to unlearn many popular beliefs propagated by Wall Street and the media that aren't true.”
“National chauvinism is a very tough nut to crack, since a vast propaganda network is in place to keep the workers whipped up into a patriotic frenzy. Maybe this will change, but I doubt it unless it is addressed.”
“It's easy to see things you're lookin' for. The trick is to see things you're not looking for.”
“Ah! fraudful malice! how shall wisdom's care Escape the poison of thy gilded snare!”

Source : Luís de Camões, William Julius Mickle (1778). “The Lusiad; Or, The Discovery of India: An Epic Poem”, p.53
“We are all of us walking a razor's edge between darkness and light,”
“There's only about 6 inches that turns that halo into a noose.”

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