Edmund Burke

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

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

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

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

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

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.