It is a good reader that makes a good book.

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

Fromlittle acorns mighty oaks do grow.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

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

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

The desire for change is a sign of safety.

I willprepare and some day my chance will come.

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.