The only way to lead people is to show them a future: a leader is a dealer in hope.
Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.
Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
In politics nothing is immutable. Events carry within them an invincible power. The unwise destroy themselves in resistance. The skillful accept events, take strong hold of them and direct them.
My dominion ends where that of conscience begins.
All the women in the world would not make me lose an hour.