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If I Stay On For The Time Being, Bearing The Burden At My Age, It Is Not Because Of Love For Power Or Office. I Have Had An Ample Share Of Both. If I Stay It Is Because I Have A Feeling That I May, Through Things That Have Happened, Have An Influence About What I Care About Above All Else, The Building Of A Sure And Lasting Peace.

Courage Is The Greatest Virtue Because It Guarantees All The Rest.

How Little Can We Foresee The Consequences Either Of Wise Or Unwise Action, Of Virtue Or Of Malice. Without This Measureless And Perpetual Uncertainty, The Drama Of Human Life Would Be Destroyed.

Perfectionism Spells Paralysis.

The Power Of The Executive To Cast A Man Into Prison Without Formulating Any Charge Known To The Law And Particularly To Deny Him The Judgement Of His Peers Is In The Highest Degree Odious And Is The Foundation Of All Totalitarian Government Whether Nazi Or Communist.