Riven and torn with cannon-shot, the trunks of the trees protruded bunches of splinters like hands, the fingers above the wound interlacing with those below.
- Ambrose Bierce
An army’s bravest men are its cowards. The death which they would not meet at the hands of the enemy they will meet at the hands of their officers, with never a flinching.
- Ambrose Bierce
Mark how my fame rings out from zone to zone:
A thousand critics shouting: “He’s unknown!”
- Ambrose Bierce
It was that hard; I still feel that way. But I believe that President Bush failed to lead. History will judge him harshly not for the mistakes he made- we all make mistakes- but for the opportunities he squandered.
- Joe Biden
My own father had always said the measure of a man wasn’t how many times or how hard he got knocked down, but how fast he got back up.
- Joe Biden
No matter how well intended our country is, we cannot expect other nations to trust us as much as we trust ourselves.
- Joe Biden
I didn’t argue that the war in Vietnam was immoral; it was merely stupid and a horrendous waste of time, money, and lives based on a flawed premise.
- Joe Biden
The fabric of our complex society is woven too tightly to permit any part of it to be damaged without damaging the whole.
- Joe Biden
I wasn’t built to look the other way because the law demanded it. The law might be wrong.
- Joe Biden
I do not have absolute faith in the judgment and wisdom of the American people. We’re all human, and we can all be misled.
- Joe Biden
He wanted me to understand two big things: First, that nobody, no group, is above others. Public servants are obliged to level with everybody, whether or not they’ll like what he has to say. And second, that politics was a matter of personal honor. A man’s word is his bond. You give your word, you keep it
- Joe Biden
