Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

I am atpeace with God. My conflict is with man.

Inspiration comes of working every day.

A state with defective laws will have defective morals.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.

Beware,as long as you live, of judging people of appearances.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

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.