To govern well, one must see things as they are.

The trees must form ranks to keep the giant with seven-league boots from passing! It is the time of mobilization, of marching together, and we must go forward …

Government must originate in the country. The spirit of government must be that of the country Its structure must conform to rules appropriate to the country. …

Barricades of ideas are worth more than barricades of stones. There is no prow that can cut through a cloudbank of ideas. A powerful idea, waved before the wor…

O quanto deve o Rei que bem governa, De olhar que os conselheiros, ou privados, De consciencia e de virtude interna E de sincero amor sejam dotados! Porque, co…

Many have imagined republics and principalities which have never been seen or known to exist in reality; for how we live is so far removed from how we ought to…

We should face reality and our past mistakes in an honest, adult way. Boasting of glory does not make glory, and singing in the dark does not dispel fear.