"Absolute identity with one's cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership."

"My dream of politics all my life has been that it is the common business, that it is something we owe to each other to understand and discuss with absolute frankness."

"The method of political science is the interpretation of life its instrument is insight, a nice understanding of subtle, unformulated conditions."

"A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible."

"It is a radiant truth that he who conquers his inner doubts has already won half the war."

"We confess to little faults only to persuade others that we have no great ones."

"It is a radiant truth that we do not remember the passing of hours, but the resonance of moments."

"It's funny. People often compare me to other humor essayists. They're usually quite nice comparisons I will accept those gladly. But I am always sort of appalled at the idea of being lumped with other, more chick-y female writers. And the truth is probably that neither comparison is accurate."