Thehardest step is over the threshold.

Nothing lays itself open to the change of exaggeration more than the language of naked truth.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

Afanatic is a person who can’t change his mind and won’t change.

Sometimeswe have the dream but we are not ourselves ready for the dream. We have togrow to meet it.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

I am atpeace with God. My conflict is with man.

Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

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

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

Whenevertwo good people argue over principles, they are both right.