"The punishment which the wise suffer who..." - Quote by Plato

“Just as things in a picture, when viewed from a distance, appear to be all in one and the same condition and alike.”

“And we must beg Homer and the other poets not to be angry if we strike out these and similar passages, not because they are unpoetical, or unattractive to the popular ear, but because the greater the poetical charm in them, the less are they meet for the ears of boys and men who are meant to be free, and who should fear slavery more than death.”

“Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half.”

“However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.”

“In politics stupidity is not a handicap.”

“In a world wracked by hatred, economic crisis, and political tension, America remains mankind's best hope.”

“You have no control over how much talent you possess. You control only what you do with it.”

“Life was messy. Always had been and always would be and that was just the way it was, so why bother complaining? You either did something about it or you didn’t, and then you lived with the choice you made.”

“The heaviest penalty for deciding to engage in politics is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.”