If you write, one of the questions you're always trying to answer is, Where do you get your ideas? And, if you write, you know how pointless a question this is and how difficult it is to answer.
“A chief called Lawyer, because he was a great talker, took the lead in the council, and sold nearly all the Nez Perce country.”
“Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.”