A language is like living skin itself.

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 condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

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

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

Only few men think, but all have opinions.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

When work is pleasure, life is joy.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.