“It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change.”
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“As a Nobel Peace laureate, I, like most people, agonize over the use of force. But when it comes to rescuing an innocent people from tyranny or genocide, I've never questioned the justification for resorting to force. That's why I supported Vietnam's 1978 invasion of Cambodia, which ended Pol Pot's regime, and Tanzania's invasion of Uganda in 1979, to oust Idi Amin. In both cases, those countries acted without U.N. or international approval—and in both cases they were right to do so.”
― A Matter of Principle: Humanitarian Arguments for War in Iraq
― A Matter of Principle: Humanitarian Arguments for War in Iraq
“The weak die out and the strong will survive, and will live on forever”
― The Diary of Anne Frank
― The Diary of Anne Frank
“Survivors aren't always the strongest; sometimes they're the smartest, but more often simply the luckiest.”
― The Dark and Hollow Places
― The Dark and Hollow Places
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