Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

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.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.

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.

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