Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

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

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

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

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

You canoutdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.