You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.

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

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people

No one lies as much as the indignant do.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

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.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

Life has become a struggle between keeping your weight down and you spirits up.

In loving, you lean on some one to hold him up.

Some people suffer in silence louder than others