Saddam

“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”
― G. Michael Hopf, Those Who Remain

“Strange times are these in which we live when old and young are taught falsehoods in school. And the person that dares to tell the truth is called at once a lunatic and fool”
― Plato

“الرجل الضعيف، هو الذي يستعبده العرف الغالب، وتتحكم في أعماله التقاليد السائده، ولو كانت خطأ يجر معه متاعب الدنيا والآخرة”
― محمد الغزالي, خلق المسلم

“We have become a civilization based on work—not even “productive work” but work as an end and meaning in itself.”
― David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory