When I got to the Senate, one of the things that most bothered me is this lack of urgency about the major issues.
A portion of the multitude must ever be coerced.
The world soffers a lot. Not because the violence of bad people. But because of the silence of the good people.
Lies circle the earth while Truth is still trying to put on its shoes.
If you build an army of 100 lions and their leader is a dog, in any fight, the lions will die like a dog. But if you build an army of 100 dogs and their leader is a lion, all dogs will fight as a lion
Strategy is the art of making use of time and space. I am less concerned about the later than the former. Space we can recover, lost time never.
Moses has revealed the existence of God to his nation. Jesus Christ to the Roman world, Muhammad to the old continent.
We cannot judge fully of men's works by what we see, or what is said and thought of them; for man is prone to depreciate that which is really important, and to exact and extol what is trivial and of little worth. Many things which are hidden and unrecognized of human wisdom are nevertheless valuable and vitally important.
That's the art of leadership. To make sure that what shouldn't happen, doesn't happen.
I'm one of those perverse people who likes being alone. I always took myself to be a community of one. That's what I am comfortable with.
Financial service providers act as the lubricating oil in the economy. They link consumers who want to invest their savings for a good return with companies who want to borrow on best terms for expansion.