The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.

My thinking was taught to tribes in South Africa like the Zulus and Xhosas. At the time there were about 210 fights breaking out among them every month, but after they listened to my lessons, this fell to just four.

A good design is not a democratic consensus.

Everywhere I go, I see very much the same thing. I see the same compassion for people who live half a world away. I see the same concern about events beyond these borders. And, increasingly, I see the same conviction that we can and we must join together to stop the scourge of AIDS and poverty.

Removing the faults in a stage-coach may produce a perfect stage-coach, but it is unlikely to produce the first motor car.

The system will always be defended by those countless people who have enough intellect to defend but not quite enough to innovate.

Our existing thinking habits are excellent, just as the rear wheels of a motor car are excellent, but not enough.