It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

The principle of equal protection is a positive concept implying equality of treatment in equal circumstances.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

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

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

Don't throwout the baby with the bath water.

Thesearch for someone to blame is always successful.

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

You may give gifts without caring, but you can't care without giving