Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

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

One cannot be precise and still be pure.

A half truth is a whole lie.

To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.

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

Sayingnothing... sometimes says the most.

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.

Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.

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.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.