Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

Only few men think, but all have opinions.

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.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

We donot have to agree; we do need to understand.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.