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As Every Past Generation Has Had To Disenthrall Itself From An Inheritance Of Truisms And Stereotypes, So In Our Own Time We Must Move On From The Reassuring Repetition Of Stale Phrases To A New, Difficult, But Essential Confrontation With Reality. For The Great Enemy Of Truth Is Very Often Not The Lie-deliberate, Contrived And Dishonest-but The Myth-persistent, Persuasive And Unrealistic. Mythology Distracts Us Everywhere.

Our Responsibility Is One Of Decision, For To Govern Is To Choose.

An Artist's Working Life Is Marked By Intensive Application And Intense Discipline.

[war] Can No Longer Be Of Concern To Great Powers Alone.

When Things Don't Go Well They Like To Blame Presidents; And That's Something That Presidents Are Paid For.