When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.

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.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant

Allthings at first appear difficult.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.

If you don't know where you're going, you'll end upsomewhere else.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.