Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of thetaking is empowerment in itself.

Makesure you leave some fat for the other side.

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than less to lerated.