Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

Takeyour life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Voilence is a Just when kindness is vain

Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.