Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

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

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.

Love is the noblest frailty of the of the mind

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

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

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.