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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Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.
The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.
There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.
Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.
Don'tthrow out the baby with the bath water.
It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.
It'snot hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.
What dowe live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other.
Thereare two sides to every question.
Afanatic is a person who can’t change his mind and won’t change.
To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.
Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.