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Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, just as the wind blows out a candle and fans a fire.
Speaker: La RouchefoucauldPosted: 18 Mar 2009 at 8:43 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment!
Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, just as the wind blows out a candle and fans a fire.
“The highest possible form of treason,” said Minton, “is to say that Americans aren’t loved wherever they go, whatever they do. Claire tried to make the point that American foreign policy should recognize hate rather than imagine love.”
“I guess Americans are hated a lot of places.”
“People are hated a lot of places. Claire pointed out in her letter that Americans, in being hated, were simply paying the normal penalty for being people, and that they were foolish to think they should somehow be exempted from that penalty.”