对民主最大的威胁是对制度的信任侵蚀。

我们生活中最重要的大部分事情都在我们不在的时候发生。

Confidence isn't optimism or pessimism, and it's not a character attribute. It's the expectation of a positive outcome.

Politics has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests.

The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.

I’m not a guy that’s going to let my drive down.

【大意】干枯的竹子能生火，但不去钻它就不会燃烧；地下藏有泉源，但不去挖掘就流不出泉水来。