Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

Men are mortal, but ideas are immortal.

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.

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.

Accomplishmentof purpose is better than making a profit.

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

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

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

Tobelieve in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.