The art of putting the right men in the right places is the beginning of the science of government
Talleyrand on the craft of government, the uses of flattery and the truth that in politics belief matters more than fact.
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While you live, keep learning; do not wait for old age to bring wisdom
The Athenian lawgiver Solon on lifelong learning, the wise use of power, and laws that hold the weak but let the strong break through.
Sir Winston Churchill on Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin:
Churchill's famous tribute to Stalin as an extraordinary, ruthless and uniquely capable leader who took Russia with a wooden plough and left it with atomic weapons.
Success is the ability to move from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm
Winston Churchill on perseverance, the speed of a lie, the value of having enemies, and why history holds the secrets of political foresight.
The attempt to create paradise on earth inevitably leads to the creation of hell
Karl Popper on the danger of utopian designs, the fashion that rules philosophy, and the lessons Plato still offers sociology.