A Leader is a dealer in hope.

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper upbringing, a sound set of values.

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

Thework will teach you how to do it.

The property of power is to protect.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

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

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

A manneed never revenge himself; the body of his enemy will be brought to his owndoor.