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It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution.

I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise.

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.

The censure of those who are opposed to us, is the highest commendation that can be given us.

Give every man your ear, but few thy voice. Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.

Beware of one who flatters unduly; he will also censure unjustly.

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.

Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent.

They have a right to censure that have a heart to help.

The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.

The censure of those who are opposed to us, is the highest commendation that can be given us.

I find that the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise.

It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of ;antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution.

On a 60-mile stretch of road from Mutlaa, Kuwait, to Basra, Iraq, a convoy of more than 2,000 vehicles and tens of thousands of Iraqi soldiers and civilians were fleeing. These were people who were putting up no resistance, many with no weapons, leaving in cars, trucks, carts, and on foot. The American armed forces bombed one end of the main highway from Kuwait City to Basra, sealing it off and then bombed the other end of the highway, sealing it off. They positioned mechanized artillery units on the hill overlooking the area and then, both from the air and the land, massacred every living thing on the road. Fighter bombers, helicopter gunships, and armored battalions poured merciless firepower on those trapped in the traffic jams, backed up as much as 20 miles. One U.S. pilot reportedly said, It was like shooting fish in a barrel. That fateful stretch of road has since been dubbed the Highway of Death. In a report submitted to the Commission of Inquiry for the International War Crimes Tribunal, charges are made that those killed were Palestinian and Kuwaiti civilians trying to escape the siege of Kuwait City and the return of Kuwaiti armed forces. The report claims that no attempt was made by U.S. military command to distinguish between military personnel and civilians. ***** The Guardian newspaper in the UK has written of the 9000 Iraqis killed by the RAF bombs in 1920, one of the 6 times British oil interests have violated the people of Iraq in the last 86 years.