Given afair wind,

Given afair wind,
Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.
  

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Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.
you cannot establish sound security on borrowed money
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
Thetrouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought ofyet.
Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.
Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.
If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.
A good conscience is the best divinity.
Neverdoubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change theworld. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
The Pursuit of perfection is the persuit of sweetness and light.
As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.
Ignorancedoesn't kill you, but it does make you sweat a lot.