Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted into energy,even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that can movethe world.

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

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.