When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

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

A clynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing

you cannot establish sound security on borrowed money

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience

Thenumber one goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintaintheir self-esteem.

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.

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.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.