Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

The property of power is to protect.

If you ain't never pick up the sword,you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

Only the educated are free.

Evil alone has oil for every wheel

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.