The supreme principle of socialism is that man takes precedence over things, life over property, and hence, work over capital; that power follows creation, and not possession; that man must not be governed by circumstances, but circumstances must be governed by man.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

Politics is the art of promising heaven and delivering purgatory, and claiming hero status for saving your country from hell.

There are only two great currents in the history of mankind: the baseness which makes conservatives and the envy which makes revolutionaries.

When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say.

True leaders understand that leadership is not about them but about those they serve. It is not about exalting themselves but about lifting others up.