Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Allthings at first appear difficult.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted intoenergy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that canmove the world.

If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.