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

Our distrust is very expensive.

One cannot be precise and still be pure.

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

When you choose the lesses of two evils always remember there is still an evil.

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

He who is unable to dance says the yard is stony.

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.