Jean de la Bruyere Quotes
It is through madness that we hate an enemy, and think of revenging ourselves; and it is through indolence that we are appeased, and do not revenge ourselves.
La Bruyère, Jean de. The Characters of Jean de La Bruyère. Translated by Henri Van Laun, John C. Nimmo, 1885.
Once blood is shed in a national quarrel, reason and right are swept aside by the rage of angry men.
1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor
Russert was so angry at the Sept. 11 attack that he felt he could not maintain objectivity in reporting regarding what America’s response ought to be. Like Pearl Harbor, almost all Americans were outraged. There were probably few American journalists who did not feel anger, but with Russert’s high standards of journalistic integrity he worried about it more and expressed his concern. Ironically, in the aftermath of Sept. 11, the American press & media tended not to examine administration responses with their normal cynicism and suspicion. At the time, George W, Bush, one of America’s poorest Presidents was in office, and before the media and the public looked into all the administration’s actions, the United States had gotten into what turned out to be a series of foreign policy and military quagmires, and had given $ billions worth of contracts to companies associated with the Vice President, the President’s family and others. Much of the money was never found or justified.
Jean de La Bruyère was a French philosopher and moralist, who was noted for his satire.
