Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.

A person who talks about his Inferiors han't any.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

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

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

Onlywhen all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.

Necessity truns lion into fox.

The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.