Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

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.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

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

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.