Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Alexander's last wrds: Bury my body, dont build any monument. Kip my hand outside,so dat d wrld knws,who won th wrld had noting in hand wen dyin.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Thesearch for someone to blame is always successful.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

Greatideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.