I came to think of myself, not as a dance and chaos of molecules, but as a brief and minute portion of that majestic process
Will DurantWe have conferred a mystic popularity upon officials whose only virtue is their timidity; while our scorn of rebels and reformers is so great that we have ceased to persecute them. The capitals and governments of the world are in the hands of caution; and change comes over them only in the night, unseen.
Will Durant