August 27, 2025

Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact.

Prime ministers require the hide of a rhinoceros, the morals of St. Francis, the patience of Job, the wisdom of Solomon, the strength of Hercules, the leadership of Napoleon, the magnetism of a Beatle, and the subtlety of Machiavelli.

To think contrary to one’s era is heroism. But to speak against it is madness.