A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness. – Robert Frost
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
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
I never dared to be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old. – Robert Frost