The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.

The singlemost powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up andwalk away from the table without a deal.

The man who opts for revenge should dig two graves.

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.

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