Because he could not afford to fail, he could not afford to trust.

I'm one of those people that believes you should start writing before you think you're ready.

Chronology, so the saying goes, is the last refuge of the feeble-minded and the only resort for historians.

[quoting someone else] the American constitution is a document designed by geniuses to be eventually interpreted by idiots

...the very notion that a candidate should openly solicit votes violated the principled presumption that such behavior itself represented a confession of unworthiness for national office.

Because he could not afford to fail, he could not afford to trust.

Some models of self-control are able to achieve their serenity easily because the soul fires never burn brightly to begin with.