Now all of you understand. I don't ask for the counsel of other men - I don't need it. I have always been capable of making the impossible decision on my own. But this - it is beyond me or any single one of us.

I feel his pride when I look at you. Pride. Pride, and not shame, which is what we feel for the world out there. Great societies are crumbling around us, and the old men who run them are out of ideas.

Serene. Quiet. Almost like the world has already surrendered.