If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

Freedom demands respect for the freedom of others.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

Men are mortal, but ideas are immortal.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was tht they escaped teething.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.