An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

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.

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

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

Sometimeswe have the dream but we are not ourselves ready for the dream. We have togrow to meet it.

Neverdoubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change theworld. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

I’mwilling for any solution religious, political. I’m not going to keepoffering to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

Non-cooperationis a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for theopposite views.