There are two kind of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. try to be in the first group; there is a less competition there.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

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 exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.

It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.

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

Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

I’mwilling for any solution religious, political. I’m not going to keepoffering to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.