To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.

Conflictis neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

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

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.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

Conflictleads to less-than-adequate performance, resentments, and lack of motivation.