Quote of the Week: Strength Without Bluster
Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, was born on this day in 1924. Writer’s Almanac reminds 
us of this fact, while offering up a quote that makes us nostalgic for the man who sought to end what he called “the imperial presidency.” Somehow, at this moment in time, these strike me as hopeful words:
us of this fact, while offering up a quote that makes us nostalgic for the man who sought to end what he called “the imperial presidency.” Somehow, at this moment in time, these strike me as hopeful words:A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It is a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity.
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http://snltranscripts.jt.org/76/76ocarter.phtml
And now, of course, in Canada, we've got to deal with a PM who lacks the integrity and intelligence of the average Canadian eight-year-old. "Oh *those* words? *You* wrote them? And I'm *not* supposed to use them? Ah."
Whatever.