Great men are forged in fire. It is the privilege of lesser men to light the flame.
The War Doctor

One of the mistakes which some political analysts make is to think that their enemies should be our enemies. Our attitude toward any country is determined by the attitude of that country toward our struggle. Yasser Arafat, Colonel Gaddafi, and Fidel Castro supported our struggle to the hilt. Those who complain about our relationship with our friends are free to join our struggle and to come and help us.
Nelson Mandela
"One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We're no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It's simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we've been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.
Carl Sagan
The problem with today's world is that everyone believes they have the right to express their opinion AND have others listen to it. The correct statement of individual rights is that everyone has the right to an opinion, but crucially, that opinion can be roundly ignored and even made fun of, particularly if it is demonstrably nonsense!
Professor Brian Cox