"No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men." ― Thomas Carlyle Topic(s): Government Tags: great, lives More From Thomas Carlyle "Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and rings the whole day through, and you make of it a dance, a dirge, or a life march, as you will." "The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall." "I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance." More In Government "Any government that supports, protects or harbours terrorists is complicit in the murder of the innocent and equally guilty of terrorist crimes."― George W. Bush "Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone – but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming."― William Hazlitt "If an election is simply a one-day snapshot of transient mass delusions, then this is not a very noble form of government."― James Bovard