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

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

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

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

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

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

A woman has reached reaal women's-lib status when she is the one who forgers the wedding Aniversary

Liberation is not deliverance.