Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Theultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but hold hands.

There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.

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

Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.

Itisn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.