It isimpossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

Don'tjudge a book by its cover.

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

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm.

Bytrying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

Bring ideas in and treat them royally,for one of them may be the king.