Antoine de Saint-Exupery Quotes
When a mystery is too overpowering, one dare not disobey.
Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de. The Little Prince. Translated by Katherine Woods, Harcourt, Brace & World, 1943, p. 11.
The chairman of the Public Works Committee doled out committee jobs in his home state. He was asked what these appointees did:
In 1902 there was a national crises brought about by a coal strike. At that time the president had no legal powers in such a matter. Lodge urged President Theodore Roosevelt to take a symbolic public stand on the strike issues. He did so, and it led to a successful arbitration of the dispute. It was one of the first examples of presidential "jawboning:"
Many of the prisoners in Iraq were accused of no crime but were picked up in security sweeps. In 2004 the brutal and illegal treatment of prisoners in Iraq became a national and worldwide scandal. Miller was never held responsible. See {70775}.
Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de sainte exupery, simply known as de Saint-Exupéry, was a French writer, poet, aristocrat, journalist and pioneering aviator. He became a laureate of several of France's highest literary awards and also won the United States National Book Award. He is best remembered for his novella The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince) and for his lyrical aviation writings, including Wind, Sand and Stars and Night Flight.
