One hallmark of freedom is the sound of laughter.

Liberty and democracy becomes unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.