It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Theability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

Informationis a negotiator's greatest weapon.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.

The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs that freedom never endangered.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.