“Any plan conceived in moderation must fail when the circumstances are set in extremes.”
“And the mind that has conceived a plan of living must never lose sight of the chaos against which that pattern was conceived. That goes for societies as well as for individuals.”
“Balance, that's the secret. Moderate extremism. The best of both worlds.”
“Moderation, we find, is an extremely difficult thing to get in this country.”
“It is when those who are not strong enough have made some moderate amount of progress that they fail and give up...”
“Do you have any sort of plan?” Jack asked.“Not really.”“Eh, just as well. It’ll be less of a disappointment when you fail.”