Big fish/little fish

"The same thing that prompts you to harass the world. I do it with a little boat and am called a bandit; you do it with a big fleet, and are called an emperor."

- An answer given by a captured pirate to Alexander the Great after being asked: "What makes you harass the sea?"

Zimmerman

When you are defending yourself after being provoked and  attacked on your own turf, that is called self defense.
When you go to other guy's turf and provoke him to attack you (or just simply shoot him) believing he poses the threat to you, that is called preemptive strike.

MG

IT Kadija

It looks like one more step towards the old one:
"Kadija te tuži, kadija ti sudi!"
That step could be called:  
"Kadija te špijunira!"

Visibility

"Three things can never be hidden for too long:
 the sun
 the moon
and
 the truth."

- My last night's Chinese fortune cookie message

Pride

"We're seventh in literacy, 27th in math, 22nd in science, 49th in life expectancy, 178th in infant mortality, third in median household income, fourth in labour force and fourth in exports. We lead the world in only 3 categories: number of incarcerated citizens per capita, number of adults who believe angels are real and defense spending where we spend more than the next 26 countries combined."

- The Newsroom TV Series

p.s.: is it still OK to feel enormous pride in being American?