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

"Man wishes2fly like a bird,sing like cuckoo,dance like a peacock,swim like a fish,But Man dosnt wish2live like a man"

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Itis all right if you talk to yourself. It is all right if you answer yourself.But when you start disagreeing with the answers, you've got a problem.

Whenevertwo good people argue over principles, they are both right.

If you ain'tnever pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol