Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts.

Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts.

Those who seek education in the paths of duty are always deceived by the illusion that power in the hands of friends is an advantage to them.

Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.

Fay: Have you given a thought to the priest? Truscott: We can't have him in on it, miss. Our percentage wouldn't be worth having. Fay: Mr McLeavy threatened to…

Il n'est pas si dangereux de faire du mal a la plupart des hommes que de leur faire trop de bien.

Nor is it any longer possible for you to give up this empire ... Your empire is now like a tyranny: it may have been wrong to take it; it is certainly dangerou…