Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

The art of showmanship is to give the public what is wants just before it knows what it wants.

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else. -Will Rogers

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.

The property of power is to protect.

Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

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

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

The man who says he's too old to learn new tricks probably always was.