The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

Suspicion begets suspicion.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

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

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

A newspaper is not just for reporting the news as it is, but to make people angry enough to do something about it

Life cannot go on without much forgetting.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.