Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.

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.

Whenmen and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons arealways different.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

Alexander's last wrds: Bury my body, dont build any monument. Kip my hand outside,so dat d wrld knws,who won th wrld had noting in hand wen dyin.

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

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

Wenever have the time to do it right but always have time to do it over.

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

As long as there is life there is danger.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.