I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.

Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.

Every advantage has its tax

The amount of effort put into a campaign by a worker expands in proportion to the personal benefits that he will derive from his party's victory.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

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

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

You made your bed, now lie in it.

Suspicion begets suspicion.

Anempty sack cannot stand up.

Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.