Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.

The mind is not a thing, but a process—an ever-changing flow of experiences and adaptations.

对于已经发生的事，感谢它；对于将要发生的事，说“是”！

I'm not trying to be cool, I'm just being me.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

每个公务员的公共品格都是可以公开讨论的合法话题。