Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.

As long as there is life there is danger.

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

Every man is entitled to be valued by his best moment

The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.