It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

A manneed never revenge himself; the body of his enemy will be brought to his owndoor.

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.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

Liberty and democracy becomes unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

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

No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.