Texts and Contexts
“Don’t gloat, don’t boast, don’t take any pride in victory.”
-John F. Kennedy, 1962, regarding the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis
“Good riddance. The world is better off without you, Mr. Saddam Hussein. I find it very interesting that when the heat got on, you dug yourself a hole and you crawled in it.”
-George W. Bush, 2003, regarding the capture of Saddam Hussein