Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Freedom can only be real if it is freedom for those think differently.

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.

Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.

Humality is a strange thing. The minute you think you've got it, you've lost it.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

The ability to laugh together is the essence of love.