In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at.
Christian Nestell Bovee
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- A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
- They are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their own powers.