07-10-2020, 11:40 AM
(07-10-2020, 01:17 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:(07-09-2020, 09:41 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: It is almost too late for clinical trials to be published for any vaccine before the election.
Yes, but it is always possible to distract from your mistakes handling COVID 19. Just make every one of your borders hot. The best way to cover weakness is to pretend to be strong.
They aren't tough; they are only cruel.
If one wants credit for a virtue, then one must act in a way consistent with that virtue. If one wants a reputation for courage, then pretend to be brave and make it a habit. If one wants a reputation for generosity, then do acts of generosity.
One thing that one can;t pretend is to be smarter than one is.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.
