Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

Discord gives a relish to concord.

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

We arethe prisoners of ideas.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

you cannot establish sound security on borrowed money

Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.