I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted intoenergy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that canmove the world.

Let us nevernegotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

Keep a secret; its you slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.

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

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.