You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.

The darkest hour has only 60 minutes

Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

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

No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech

The property of power is to protect.

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

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

Too late is the medicine prepared, when the disease has strengthened by long delay.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Bytrying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.