The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist

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

Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.