Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Keepthings informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

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

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.

Well done is better than well said.

The property of power is to protect.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.

A newbroom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.