Lucius Annaeus Seneca

He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.

He has committed the crime who profits by it.

All cruelty springs from weakness.

As a rule, there is no surer way to the dislike of men than to behave well where they have behaved badly.

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.

Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance.