One can’t realize difficulty arriving at a momentous decision until one comes to do so.

A bowl rotates faster at the top than at the bottom.

The system doesn’t have to be pure, but it does have to work.

One must scratch that part of the body or mind that itches.

I am more interested in the purpose of government than its mechanics-though the means should at least be good enough to lead to the ends desired.

He who allows himself to be arrested for a crime he did not commit will be expelled from the party, but if he resists and comes to us on a stretcher, he is a hero.

The road to freedom is full of thorns and fire, yet happy is he who follows it!

Anyone who wants to be a leader must be the servant, not the boss, of those he wants to serve.