A Leader is a dealer in hope.

I willprepare and some day my chance will come.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

The weaknesses of many make leader possible.

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

Anounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation!

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.

Bytrying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

Everyoneis wise until he speaks.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.