It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare.
In Mark Twain in Eruption: Hitherto Unpublished Pages About Men and Events, ed. Bernard DeVoto (1940)
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Comments (2)
Which is why Generals keep getting elected to be crappy Presidents.
Posted by BD | November 6, 2007 1:18 PM
Hmmmm. Generals that became Presidents.
Washington
Jackson
Harrison
Grant
Eisenhower
Any I'm missing there?
Posted by *** Dave | November 6, 2007 10:08 PM