To exaggrerate is to weaken.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

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.

I am atpeace with God. My conflict is with man.

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

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

Man is born free, and everywhere is is in chains

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.