Never give an order that can't be obeyed.

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over ashes.

The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

False leaders rarely engage succession planning for fear of no longer being seen as the leader.

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

This is the thing that I was born to do.

We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent coannihilation. This may well be mankind's last chance between chaos and community.

Without properly kept accounts it is impossible to maintain truth in its pristine purity.