No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.

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

A status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.

Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.

Silenceis argument carried out by other means.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

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

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.