The acts of the leader are the acts of the nation. If the leader is just, the nation is just. If the leader is unjust, the nation too is unjust and is punished for the sins of the leader.
If a man strives…to do what is in his power, G-d will aid him to accomplish what is beyond his power.
Learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow.
In the place where there is no leader, strive to become one.
Don’t say, ‘When I have time I will learn.’ Perhaps you will never have time.
The world is judged in goodness, yet all is proportioned to one’s work.
One who is slack in his work is like a brother to a vandal.
G-d said: You must teach, as I taught, without a fee.
According to the effort is the reward.
For each little effort towards holiness, Heavens rewards man richly.