The greatest threat to democracy is not from external enemies but from internal decay and the loss of civic virtue.
The self is not so much a substance as a process, and it is the continual task of education to change the process, to develop its activities, and to guide it into channels of efficiency.
The reality is: sometimes you lose. And you're never too good to lose. You're never too big to lose. You're never too smart to lose. It happens.
We must listen to the wisdom of local communities who have lived in harmony with the ocean for generations.