Power concedes nothing

Power concedes nothing
Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.
  

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All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.
Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.
Theultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but hold hands.
The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion
Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.
It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.
Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.
It isthe acid test of nonviolence that in a nonviolent conflict there is no rancorleft behind, and in the end the enemies are converted into friends.
The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.
Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
The principle of equal protection is a positive concept implying equality of treatment in equal circumstances.
We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.