It's notthe will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.

Neverdoubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change theworld. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

The property of power is to protect.

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

He who hurriescannot walk with dignity.

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

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

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

History repeats itself. that's one of the things wrong with history