True wisdom, in general, consists in energetic determination.
One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
In politics stupidity is not a handicap.
Called to the throne by the voice of the people, my maxim has always been: A career open to talent without distinction of birth. It is this system of equality for which the European oligarchy detests me
I start out by believing the worst
The world soffers a lot. Not because the violence of bad people. But because of the silence of the good people.