Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

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

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

The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

A bad workman never gets a good tool.

Trust is difficult to define, but we know when it's presentand when it's not.

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

Don'tthrow out the baby with the bath water.

When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.