Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armor yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you. 

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

The gods to their dear shelter take you, maid, That justly think'st, and hast most rightly said!

I want to be a tree, not because trees don't speak, but because trees don't lie.

Economic development requires a stable legal environment.

"I think the best writing comes from a place of deep emotional truth."

The most successful societies are those that have been able to balance the need for a strong state with the need for individual freedom.