The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.

The great challenge of modern politics is to reconcile the demands of identity with the requirements of liberal democracy.

树叶的低语比董事会的辩论更有智慧。