#pre

Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we make pursuant to our individual organization. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#choice #happiness #happiness lies #individual #lies

I am a part of the political process whether the multinational forces are present or not. Politics is serving the people, not chairs and positions. ↗

— Muqtada al Sadr

#chairs #forces #i #i am #multinational

There is no more lively sensation than that of pain; its impressions are certain and dependable, they never deceive as may those of the pleasure women perpetually feign and almost never experience. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#certain #deceive #dependable #experience #feign

May God preserve you and watch over you. ↗

— Muqtada al Sadr

#may #over #preserve #watch #you

The main reason for the armed resistance is the American military presence. ↗

— Muqtada al Sadr

#american military #armed #main #main reason #military

Who is against democracy? Is it the one who calls for peaceful resistance, or the one who bombs people, sheds their blood and leads them away from the leaders under feeble and dirty pretexts? ↗

— Muqtada al Sadr

#away #blood #bombs #calls #democracy

I think it has sullied his presidency. As brilliant a politician as Bill Clinton is, as magnetic a personality as he can be, there is one little screw loose somewhere. ↗

— Morley Safer

#bill clinton #brilliant #clinton #his #i

Who knows who will be on board? A couple of spies, for sure. At least one grand duke; a few beautiful woman, no doubt very rich and very troubled. Anything can happen and usually does on the Orient Express. ↗

— Morley Safer

#beautiful #beautiful woman #board #couple #does

You can be a great president and be ridden with flaws. Of course we know that. ↗

— Morley Safer

#flaws #great #great president #know #president

Do not be taken in by 'insiderisms.' Fledgling columnists, eager to impress readers with their grasp of journalistic jargon, are drawn to such arcane spellings as 'lede.' Where they lede, do not follow. ↗

— William Safire

#columnists #drawn #eager #follow #grasp