Edmund Burke

By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

As a young boy, I did a lot of foolish things. I made a lot of mistakes. And you live and learn.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.