Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

Let usnever negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.

Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

History is the witness of the times, the light of truth.