"Our leaders are cruel because only those willing to be inordinately cruel and remorseless can hold positions of leadership in the foreign policy establishment. People capable of expressing a full human measure of compassion and empathy toward faraway powerless strangers do not become president of the United States, or vice president, or secretary of state, or national security adviser or secretary of the treasury. Nor do they want to."

-- William Blum

#Compassion Quotes #People Quotes #Empathy Quotes

“Never think of your car as a cold machine, but as a hot-blooded horse.”
“Make yourself an example, achieve it, but don't hurt anyone on the way up. I don't think I did that.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“A lonely day is God's way of saying that he wants to spend some quality time with you.”

Source : Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.101, Criss Jami
“Nothing which does not transport is poetry. The lyre is a winged instrument.”
“Sure, Messi and Ronaldo have scored more goals than me. But I won the treble!”
“Christian, your whole life is to be one continuous following of the Lord.”

Source : Horatius Bonar (2017). “Follow the Lamb”, p.7, Gideon House Books
“I am surrounded by my family, my beloved grandchildren, and my pack of dogs.”
“I'm a video game buff.”

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