Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

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.

Constantrepetition carries conviction.

Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.

Goodcommunication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleepafter.