To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.

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.

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Within-groupconflict is always personal and emotional even if it begins with impersonalissues.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

Nothing do I regret more in my student life that thay my teachers were not my friends

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

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

You made your bed, now lie in it.