The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

One cannot be precise and still be pure.

Sometimeswe have the dream but we are not ourselves ready for the dream. We have togrow to meet it.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

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.

We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

Goodcommunication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleepafter.

Money is what things run into and people run out of

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.