No one who goes against her can win.

But her will must be obeyed,

The truth is, they’re trying to get out of it because she doesn’t want to debate. She’s not a good debater, she’s not a smart person. She doesn’t want to debate.

A fair woman shall not only command without authority but persuade without speaking.

"Agree?"
"Yes, ma'am."
"I don't like subordinates always agreeing," she said. "Sycophants have no place in my department. You're to speak your mind when the opportunity calls for it."
"How will I know when that is?"
"I shall inform you."

You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think.

Delegating authority seems unnatural to women. First they tell you to do something, and then they keep sticking their noses into it while you’re trying to do it, and all they’re really doing is getting in the way.

Quit, quit, for shame, this will not move:
This cannot take her.
If of herself she cannot love,
Nothing can make her:
The devil take her!

It seems to me that I cannot afford, as a self-respecting individual, to refuse to do a thing merely because it will make me disliked or bring down a storm of criticism on my head.

One cannot consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

I am not a person that you can handle as you please, I am not going to respond to things that I do not believe in, I am not going to accept doing things that I do not think I should do. I am not controllable, Carlos.

In opposition, there's not much one can do. One doesn't have the carrot and one doesn't have the stick. One can't promote and one can't fire. And persuasion has its limits.

nothing the western nations can do can stop her or keep her down.

We cannot force Fortune against her will.