I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

Speak whenyou are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

It'snot the plan that is important, it's the planning.

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

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.