"All luxury corrupts either the morals or the taste."

"My only regrets were for poor tactics, not for faulty principles."

"Thoughts lead on to purposes ; puposes go forth in actions ; actions form habits ; habits decide character …"

"The idea of the elite as composed of men and women having a finer moral character is an ideology of the elite."

"Throughout our long and sorry history it has been men who supposed themselves to be exemplars of integrity …"

"The success of any great moral enterprise does not depend upon numbers."

"The essence of good and evil is a certain disposition of the will."