Far better to think

Far better to think
Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to
  

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Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.
We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.
Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.
Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.
Man show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable.
It isimpossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.
Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.
The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.
Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur
Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind
Silenceis the mother of truth.
Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.