Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to looknot only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

Don't let life discourage your, everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

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