I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

I’mwillin’ for any solution — religious, political. I’m not going to keepofferin’ to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

The basic building block of good communications is the feeling that every humanbeing is unique and of value.

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

A good listeneris not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

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