To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man ca

To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness. – Edgar Allan Poe

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The sensitivity of men to small matters, and their indifference to great ones, indicates a strange inversion. – Blaise Pascal

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He who has great power should use it lightly. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he a soldier. Other than that, hes a great military man, I want you to know that. – Norman Schwarzkopf

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Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk we must act big. – Theodore Roosevelt

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