Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

Liberation is not deliverance.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

Keepthings informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

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