Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

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

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Itisn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

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

Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant