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

A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

The property of power is to protect.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather thancompetitive goals.

.Oneshould count each day a separate life.

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

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

Maturityis the capacity to endure uncertainty.