Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never-in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
- Topic: Leadership, Responsibility
- Location: Grand Teton National Park
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.
Decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful to be impotent.
It is a socialist idea making profits is a vice. I consider the real vice is making losses.
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