Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

Tolerance that accepts merits as the most natural thing in World is the highest applause.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

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.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

Our power is in our ability to decide.

Badplanning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.

Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.