Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

He whotalks incessantly, talks nonsense.

Thefirst principle of contract negotiation is don'tremind them of what you did in the past; tell them what you're going to do inthe future.

Evil alone has oil for every wheel

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.

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

Love is the noblest frailty of the of the mind

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

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