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

No man everdid a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater tohimself .

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Before following a leader, it's wise to see if he's headed in the right direction.

Angels fly, because they take themselves lightly.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.