Illusion is an anodyne, bred by the gap between wish and reality.
A leader can't dash ahead around the bend out of sight.
When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.
The Talmud: Heart's Blood of the Jewish Faith.
About the nicest thing God ever invented was alcohol. He's proud of it, too. The Bible's full of kind remarks about booze.
The American people are not cowardly. But, living in prosperous isolation, they have been the spoiled children of modern history.