The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.

Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling about a point of fear.

A half truth is a whole lie.

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Youcannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

You'vegot to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, know when to run.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

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

The numberone goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintain theirself-esteem.