I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power. – Robert Frost
Before I built a wall Id ask to know
What I was walling in or walling out,
And to whom I was like to give offense. – Robert Frost
The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination. – Robert Frost
A poet never takes notes. You never take notes in a love affair. – Robert Frost