Hope Clouds Observation.

Without Change, Something Sleeps Inside Us, And Seldom Awakens. The Sleeper Must Awaken.

The Undeserving Maintain Power By Promoting Hysteria.

Good Governance Never Depends Upon Laws, But Upon The Personal Qualities Of Those Who Govern. The Machinery Of Government Is Always Subordinate To The Will Of Those Who Administer That Machinery. The Most Important Element Of Government, Therefore, Is The Method Of Choosing Leaders.

Chance Is The Nature Of Our Universe. [...] Madness Represents A Chaotic Reservoir Of Surprises. Some Surprises Can Be Valuable.

Governments, If They Endure, Always Tend Increasingly Toward Aristocratic Forms. No Government In History Has Been Known To Evade This Pattern. And As The Aristocracy Develops, Government Tends More And More To Act Exclusively In The Interests Of The Ruling Class -- Whether That Class Be Hereditary Royalty, Oligarchs Of Financial Empires, Or Entrenched Bureaucracy.