“When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable.”– Rene Descartes Related Quotes “We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last.”– John F. Kennedy “If you think of paying court to the men in power, your eternal ruin is assured.”– Stendhal “It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested in the President of the United States.”– Andrew Jackson