“Even when repressed, inequality grows; only the man who is below the average in economic ability desires equality; those who are conscious of superior ability desire freedom, and in the end superior ability has its way.”
“Not to value and employ men of superior ability is the way to keep the people from rivalry among themselves;”
“Those who have the ability to be grateful are the ones who have the ability to achieve greatness.”
“What a weary time those years were -- to have the desire and the need to live but not the ability.”
“It is a dreadful truth, but it is a truth that cannot be concealed; in ability, in dexterity, in the distinctness of their views, the Jacobins are our superiors.”
“Not every child has an equal talent or an equal ability or equal motivation, but they should have the equal right to develop their talent and their ability and their motivation, to make something of themselves.”