“You are part of that horrid expression, the best and the brightest. It can be a terrible burden if you let it be, but it is the great challenge of your time. And being a warrior in that challenge should be wondrous.”
Author details
Related authors
Other Paul Tsongas Quotes
Don't fear your mortality, because it is this very mortality that gives meaning and depth and poignancy to all the days that will be granted to you.
Paul Tsongas 
57% of people like this quote
Let's try winning and see what it feels like. If we don't like it, we can go back to our traditions.
Paul Tsongas
54% of people like this quote
From a viable economy to the full funding of Headstart, from a clean environment to true equality for women, from a strong military to a commitment to racial brotherhood, from schools that are honored to streets free of excessive violence.
Paul Tsongas
54% of people like this quote