We all knew this. We all knew that it would take more time than any of us want to dig ourselves out of this hole created by this economic crisis.

Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.

One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.

Some people think that the truth can be hidden with a little cover-up and decoration. But as time goes by, what is true is revealed, and what is fake fades away.

It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country.