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The mind WILL be free, or it will be dead.

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George Friedman

One of the great famines in human history took place during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. [At the same time] Western journalists were reporting how marvelously Chinese society was working. We know so little [about what happens in China].

Chinese, Happens, Journalists, Littles, Revolution
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The great presidents never forget the principle of the republic and seek to preserve and enhance them – in the long run– without undermining the needs of the moment. Bad presidents simply do what is expedient, heedless of principles. But the worst presidents are those who adhere to the principles regardless of what the fortunes of the moment demand.

Adhere, Long, Preserve, President, Running

The kind of president we need has little to do with ideology and more to do with a willingness to wield power to moral ends.

Ends, Littles, Needs, Power, President, Wield

When I went to war, I did not go making geopolitical calculations. I went to war with a lust.

Calculations, Geopolitical, Lust, Making, War

When you're young and going to war, it's a genuinely exciting moment. You are going to risk yourself. On the battlefield, you are suddenly free. You realize: I'm here, I'm in it. Exaltation. Suddenly you're hit by another extraordinary feeling: my God, I can be killed. And: will I embarrass myself? It's like you're in a kaleidoscope and all of these extraordinary feelings are zipping by.

Feeling, Feelings, Risk, War

I cannot understand how something as ubiquitous as war can simply be dismissed as pathological. It is not clear to me that it is an unspeakable evil. If it is, I need proof of it.

Evil, Needs, Ubiquitous, War
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