An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

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

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

He whotalks incessantly, talks nonsense.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.