Some People strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.

Thefirst principle of contract negotiation is don'tremind them of what you did in the past; tell them what you're going to do inthe future.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

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.

Tolerance that accepts merits as the most natural thing in World is the highest applause.

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.