They fight and fight and fight; they are fighting now, they fought before, and they’ll fight in the future … So you see, you can say anything about world history … Except one thing, that is. It cannot be said that world history is reasonable.
Tyranny is the deliberate removal of nuance.
When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: the people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant,…
For the great enemy of truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.…