Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

Malicedrinketh its own poison.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.