Great Throughts Treasury

"Power creates its own resistance."

"A distracted people, busy with the fierce competitions of modern life, must be addressed while they are paying attention, which is usually at the moment of some great national or international event."

"All politics are based on the indifference of the majority."

"A government is the only vessel that leaks from the top. "

"An election is a bet on the future, not a popularity test of the past."

"This was a great year for preventive worrying. Seldom in recent history have so many people worried about so many things that didn't happen in the end"

"Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides."