Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than less to lerated.

Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.

None but the productive can be strong; and none but the strong can be free.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.

Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

What is required is sight and insight, then you might add one more excite.

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