One worthwhile task carried to a successful conclusion is worth half-a-hundred half-finished tasks.

It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.

When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing - When you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, butt in favors - When you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you - When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice - You may know that your society is doomed.