Quotes: (ca. 550 BC), Aesop

Negotiations without arms are like music books without instruments.

Aesop (ca. 550 BC)
Frederick the Great, the 18th century Prussian monarch and gifted musician and favorite quote of Robert Gates

(Added by Albert Massachi on 1/22/2007, 12:23am)

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

(Added by Bob Palin on 10/25/2004, 10:44pm)

While I see many hoof marks going in, I see none coming out. It is easier to get into the enemy's toils than out again.

Aesop (ca. 550 BC)
The Lion, the Fox, and the Beasts

(Added by Bob Palin on 10/25/2004, 10:39pm)

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

Aesop (ca. 550 BC)
Whitman William B. The Quotable Politician. Guilford, CT: Lyons Press, 2003.

(Added by Ed Thompson on 6/22/2004, 11:04pm)