Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the goodintentions of those who create it.

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

Treatpeople as if they were, what they ought to be andyou help them become what they are capable of being.

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

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

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted intoenergy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that canmove the world.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Throughconflict we get to unity.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.