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I think of a monument as being symbolic and for the people and therefore rhetorical, not honest, not personal.

I'm not pessimistic about anything.

Pessimism never won any battle.

I'm not as pessimistic as what a number of people seem to believe.

Pessimism only describes an attitude, and not facts, and hence is entirely subjective.

Are there any monuments built to demagogues? I just don't think so.

I'm very pessimistic.

Nobody ever built a statue to a committee.

I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism.