Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

There is much more learning than knowing in the world.

We donot have to agree; we do need to understand.

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.

Man is born free, and everywhere is is in chains

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

Keep a secret; its you slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

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

Sometimes the man of action is the fellow who has just got both his feat in hot water.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.