A motto of many politicians, public servants and money bags: Ask not 'What can I do for you?' but 'What can I do you for?

Look at the orators in our republics; as long as they are poor, both state and people can only praise their uprightness; but once they are fattened on the public funds, they conceive a hatred for justice, plan intrigues against the people and attack the democracy.

We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed.

Take taking from those that give & nobody anywhere will need any more such gifts.

Enlightened leadership is service, not selfishness.

The man who lives by himself and for himself is likely to be corrupted by the company he keeps.