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.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Younever really understand a person until you consider things from his point ofview.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait until the deadline looms large.

Thefire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Gossip is that which no one claims to like-but everybody enjoys.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Nomatter how thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.

Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

The principle of equal protection is a positive concept implying equality of treatment in equal circumstances.