“A good mayor is a useful person. How can you hold back when you have the chance to do good?”

“You sort of have to know how to use a gun for it, to do you any good”

“The only person who can make you miserable is yourself, if you hold back becauseyou’re too afraid of failure to take a chance.”

“How do you control another person? Two ways. Trust, or fear. People and animals will follow you if they trust you. But trust must be earned. And it is earned by people who are good and great. So if you’re neither good nor great, you can only use fear...”

“Who wants a friend who talks about you behind your back? How do I know I can trust you to say good things in my absence when I've seen you cut up a "friend" behind his or her back, only to smile and act endearing when the person unexpectedly appears?”

“It seemed a shame to have you losing a chance to use those good manners you learned from your grandmother.”