The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even to himself.
An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought.
You don't get anything clean without getting something else dirty.
We are what we repeatedly do.
A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top .
Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.
I ended up stepping on her stomach as the crowd pushed me past her, but by then I don't think she was feeling anything.