Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.

Insteadof suppressing conflicts, specific channels could be created to make thisconflict explicit, and specific methods could be set up by which the conflictis resolved.

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Stability is not immobility

Failingto plan is planning to fail.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

Marriagemeans expectations and expectations mean conflict.

Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.

One person with a belief is a social power equal to nintynine who have only interest.