The work of an unknown good man is like a vein of water flow hidden underground, secretly making the ground greener.

Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

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.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

Old fools are more foolish than you ones.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Philosophy may describe unreason, as it may describe force; it cannot hope to refute them.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted intoenergy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that canmove the world.

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.