“The events that followed our withdrawal from Vietnam, including the plight of the boat people and the more than 1 million slaughtered by the new communist rulers of Cambodia, showed that media critics who said we were on the wrong side were mistaken.” PeopleSaidWarSidesMillionsMediaEventsCriticsIncludingBoatCommunistVietnamRulersMistakenVietnam WarWithdrawalPlightCambodia Author:Richard M. Nixon
“I think a good deal may be said to extenuate the fault of bad Poets. What we call a Genius, is hard to be distinguish'd by a man himself, from a strong inclination: and if his genius be ever so great, he can not at first discover it any other way, than by giving way to that prevalent propensity which renders him the more liable to be mistaken.” IfsThinkingMenWayGivingFirstsMaySaidHardStrongDealsPoetGeniusFaultsMistakenCan NotInclinationLiablePropensityGiving Way Book:Poems: Pastoral poetry, and An essay on criticism Source: Poems: Pastoral poetry, and An essay on criticism
“I still believe that, in the long run, the aggregate of the decisions of individual businessmen, exercising individual judgment in a free economy, even if often mistaken, is likely to do less harm than the centralized decisions of a Government; and certainly the harm is likely to be counteracted faster. As I said earlier in this debate, our economic medicine may be painful but it is fast and powerful because it can act freely.” IfsBelieveMayLongSaidStillsGovernmentRunningIndividualDecisionPowerfulEconomyEconomicExerciseJudgmentMedicinePainfulHarmDebateFasterLong RunsMistakenBusinessmanI Still BelieveFree Economy Author:John James Cowperthwaite