How does it happen that the most intractable types always rise to the top? - Jack McDevitt

So long as you believe in some truth you do not believe in yourself. You are a servant. A man of faith.

The only people he knew of who would have leveled material advantage so that no one had any were of course those who had none to start with.

As a rule, Evelyn disapproved of politicians. They tended to break down into two categories: the completely unprincipled, who comprised the vast majority; and those who lived by their principles no matter who suffered.