“I cannot make my days longer, so I strive to make them better.”

“Every ruler should strive for his people to love him. But if they cannot love you, then make them fear you. Love is better, but fear will do the job.”

“Make them fear you. Machiavelli said it nearly six hundred years ago, but it's still true. Every ruler should strive for his people to love him. But if they cannot love you, then make them fear you. Love is better, but fear will do the job.”

“I loved my parents and wanted to make them proud of me - but no longer at the cost of my own happiness.”

“Perhaps I cannot make my people good, she told herself, but I should at least try to make them a little less bad.”

“I want my children to understand the world, but not just because the world is fascinating and the human mind is curious. I want them to understand it so that they will be positioned to make it a better place”