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The greatest failure is that although we have created institutions

The greatest failure is that although we have created institutions, we have not created a civil society. – Paddy Ashdown

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Bosnia is under my skin. Its the place you cannot leave behind. I was obsessed by the nightmare of it all there was this sense of guilt, and an anger that has become something much deeper over these last years. – Paddy Ashdown

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It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes… we make mistakes because the easiest and most comfortable course for us is to seek insight where it accords with our emotions – especially selfish ones. – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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Coming to terms with the fact that my marriage was a failure was devastating and very difficult. – Sarah McLachlan

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The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure. – Laurence J. Peter

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Nixons grand mistake was his failure to understand that Americans are forgiving, and if he had admitted error early and apologized to the country, he would have escaped. – Bob Woodward

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