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

Let us nevernegotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

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

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

Remember when feminisit movements were something men gathered on street corners to admire as the girls strolled by

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Silenceis the mother of truth.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.