Great leaders are willing to make the tough decisions that others avoid.

知道事情做不成于是就听之任之，这是聪明人的方法；知道事情做不成而竭尽全力的，这是忠臣孝子之心。

The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."