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.

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

Liberty and democracy becomes unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

The amount of effort put into a campaign by a worker expands in proportion to the personal benefits that he will derive from his party's victory.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

The Pursuit of perfection is the persuit of sweetness and light.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

Be slow of tounge and quick of eye.