“There are few things more amusing in the world of politics than watching moderate Republicans charging to the right in pursuit of greater glory.”
As quoted in The Nastiest Things Ever Said about Republicans (2006) by Martin Higgins, p. 131
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“There is no greater glory than to die for love.”
Variant: There's no greater misfortune than dying alone.
Source: Love in the Time of Cholera
“That's the politics of Iran, no lawyers, no charges, no rights.”
Source: Kronos US v Sulaiman Abu Ghayth Statement https://kronosadvisory.com/Kronos_US_v_Sulaiman_Abu_Ghayth_Statement.1.pdf (1st March 2013)
“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.”
“And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.”
Barry Goldwater's speech http://www.c-span.org/video/?4018-1/goldwater-1964-acceptance-speech accepting the Republican presidential nomination, written by Karl Hess, delivered 16 July 1964, San Francisco.
Context: I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice.And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
“The greater the effort, the greater the glory.”
Plus l'effort est grand, plus la gloire en est grande.
Pauline, act IV, scene v.
Polyeucte (1642)
Variant: The greater the effort, the greater the glory.
I Ain't Got Time To Bleed (1999)