He said he wanted to be remembered "as a person who, first and foremost, did not sell his soul in order to accommodate the political process."
Officials seem to think urgency to act absolves them from considering the longer-term implications.
I enjoy people most when I'm away from them.
In the 21st century, we "shy away from death," and we tend to think of a good death as a sudden one.
Not so in the 19th century. Dying well meant having time to assess your spiritual state and say goodbye -- which is difficult to do if you're killed in battle.
