Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the goodintentions of those who create it.

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

If you ain't never pick up the sword,you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

Everyoneis wise until he speaks.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

If error is corrected whenever it is recognized as such,the path of error is the path of truth.

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

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Accomplishmentof purpose is better than making a profit.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

The hearthas arguments with which the logic of mind is not acquainted.

Well done is better than well said.