"Whereas the truth is that the State..." - Quote by Plato

“Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice.”

“Prefer diligence before idleness, unless you esteem rust above brightness.”

“Let no one ignorant of Mathematics enter here.”

“Look, Americans will go for leadership that makes sense. Our job, you know, as public officials, is not to put our finger in the air. Our job is to listen, and then lead.”

“The principle of majority does not work when differences on fundamentals are involved.”

“Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment.”

“I have always had extraordinarily good relations with very conservative colleagues. And that's not because I agree with any of them or fudge on my positions, but people feel I listen to them and give them the benefit of the doubt. I assume the best of people. And that, I think, is an attitude that is maybe rare in politics.”

“Being powerful is a lot like being a woman: If you have to tell someone that you are, invariably, you are not.”

“NAPOLEON: What shall we do with this soldier, Giuseppe? Everything he says is wrong. GIUSEPPE: Make him a general, Excellency, and then everything he says will be right.”