Greatest Threat to Democracy

Mandy: "As history has shown us, the greatest threat to democracy is the state's power over its citizens which is always unleashed in the name of preservation." -- The West Wing, Season 1 Episode 7

Genuinely wanted the best

TOBY: "He didn't walk into the room with a political agenda. He didn't walk in with his mind made up. He genuinely wanted to do what he thought was best. He didn't mind saying the words I don't know." 

-- The West Wing, Season 1 Episode 6

What's in the mind?

“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

Life's worth the living either case

"Himmlisch ist's wenn ich bezwungen Meine irdische Begier; Aber doch wenn's nich gelungen Hatt' ich auch recht huebsch Plaisir!"

 -- Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina