A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

Toevery answer you can find a new question.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Malice drinketh its own poison.

Anempty sack cannot stand up.

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.