The desire for change is a sign of safety.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

The man who says he's too old to learn new tricks probably always was.

Unlessa man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

As a final incentive before giving up a

We knowwhat happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Don'tput all your eggs in one basket.