you cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiatives and independence.

It'snot the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes thedifference.

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

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Peopledo not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but tomaintain an opinion for the sake of talking.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

To exaggrerate is to weaken.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

Whoever is winning the race will always seem to be invincible.

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.