The Opposition aren't really the Opposition. They're just called the Opposition. But in fact they are the Opposition in exile. The Civil Service are the Opposition in residence.

The only real training for leadership is leadership.

In corporation [corporate] religions as in others, the heretic must be cast out not because of the probability that he is wrong but because of the possibility that he is right.

There is this great idea about the logic of a politician, along the lines of: "Something must be done, this is something, therefore we must do it.

You can judge a leader by the size of the problem he tackles... Other people can cope with the waves, it's his job to watch the tide.

Men grow to the stature to which they are stretched when they are young.

Referring the matter to a committee' can be a device for diluting authority, diffusing responsibility and delaying decisions.

You can judge a leader by the size of the problem he tackles - people nearly always pick a problem their own size, and ignore or leave to others the bigger or smaller ones.

He’s suffering from Politician’s Logic. Something must be done, this is something, therefore we must do it.

The difference between greed and goals is what you are prepared to handle...

...the human being to lack that second skin we call egoism has not yet been born, it lasts much longer than the other one, that bleeds so readily.

The recruiter didn't bother to introduce himself when Alumbaugh extended his hand. Instead, he turned to Aliotti and said: "He's not six-foot-one."Nice to meet you, too, Alumbaugh thought.

I'm a moderate. I hang out in the middle. I vote against my party with some regularity and try to compromise. It doesn't appear right now that the Republican Party is welcoming moderates any more.

Virtue, perhaps, is nothing more than politeness of soul.

God, Bones, you must have argued yourself blue in the face.

It may not seem obvious at first glance, but the way we make decisions in life tells a lot about the kind of faith we have in Jesus Christ.

If you're going to pick a book and you want to base a system of government around it, why not 'Harry Potter?'

The rose and thorn, the treasure and dragon, joy and sorrow, all mingle into one.

Love the woods and nature and the water and animals. Stop the BS with poaching and hunting. Preservation is critical.