Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

Be yourself and speak your mind today, though it contradicts all you have said before.

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

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

Better ask ten times than go astray once.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

The property of power is to protect.

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.

Life without the Courage is death for slavery.

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.