A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures.

All bad precedents begin as justifiable measures.

The measures we make harm people, but they are imperative.

Necessity, especially in politics, often occasions false hopes, false reasonings, and a system of measures correspondingly erroneous.

Another weakness found in altogether too many people, is the habit of measuring everything, and everyone, by their own impressions and beliefs.

An active imagination may find a bad tendency arising out of every transaction between imperfect morals.

Sooner or later, false thinking brings wrong conduct.

Desperate affairs require desperate measures.

The prevailing thought is usually the wrong thought.

One of the things I’ve realized is that there are harmful assumptions about women. When I started in my leadership role, people expected me to be a no-nonsense, super tough person who would drive my subordinates to work at any expense, even though they had no basis for that assumption.

Good laws are produced by bad actions.

It is impossible to escape the impression that people commonly use false standards of measurement — that they seek power, success and wealth for themselves and admire them in others, and that they underestimate what is of true value in life.

A good intention, with a bad approach, often leads to a poor result.

If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.