Winston Churchill said something similar, although much more simply, when he said "History is written by the victors." Many conflicts would have been looked at very differently if the losing side had won. Nazi Germany is the classic example, but there are plenty of others.
Interesting quote: Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does them, and there is almost no kind of outrage — torture, the use of hostages, forced labour, mass deportations, imprisonment without trial, forgery, assassination, the bombing of civilians — which does not change its moral colour when it is committed by ‘our’ side. [...] There is no crime, absolutely none, that cannot be condoned when ‘our’ side commits it. Even if one does not deny that the crime has happened, even if one knows that it is exactly the same crime as one has condemned in some other case, even if one admits in an intellectual sense that it is unjustified — still one cannot feel that it is wrong. Loyalty is involved, and so pity ceases to function.
Well this is sad
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Me, apparently. EDIT: It won't let you link the results, so here you go! FAMOUS ISTJs: The Duty Fulfiller George Washington, Warren Buffet, Sigmund Freud, Richard Nixon, Angela Merkel, Robert De Niro, Matt Damon, Natalie Portman, Sean Connery PERCENTAGE OF ISTJs AMONG POPULATION 11.6% istj - description ISTJs main interest is to live in a secure and peaceful environment. Calm and reserved, they highly value loyalty, honesty and integrity. They respect laws and traditions: they will always try to do the right thing for their family and communities. ISTJs look generally serious but they can be a lot of fun - especially at family gatherings. Extremely well-organized and methodical, they generally succeed at everything they undertake. They will work for long periods of time and use a lot of energy to accomplish any task as long as these tasks make sense to them or have a concrete application they understand. ISTJs have little use for theory and abstract thinking. ISTJs are very hard workers who generally prefer to work alone but can also work well in the team if the situation demands it. They do not usually give themselves enough credit for their achievement because they just focus on fulfilling their obligations, which they consider as a duty. Because of their strong sense of duty, ISTJs can have a difficult time saying "no" when they are given more work than they can actually handle. ISTJs are perfectionists and have a tendency to take other people's effort for granted, just like they consider their own effort. As they are also likely to be uncomfortable expressing affection and emotion, they should remind themselves to compliment other people's work from time to time. This does not mean ISTJs are ungrateful. ISTJs are usually generous and care deeply about their family and friends. They are responsible parents and very good friends that will always act for the better good of others.
Haha :P
Americans poking fun at our health care situation/wealth disparity situation along with our fast food stereo type. Reasonably clever advertising.
In some ways that makes learning French easy, but in other ways I think it makes it harder.
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