Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.

Onlywhen all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

It'snot the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes thedifference.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

People say law but they mean wealth.

A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.