Let us nevernegotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

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.

He whois unable to dance says the yard is stony.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.