I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.

History repeats itself. that's one of the things wrong with history

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

Don'tput all your eggs in one basket.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

As long as there is life there is danger.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

A Leader is a dealer in hope.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.