All successful revolutions are the kicking in of a rotten door.

got out of his seat, walked toward the cockpit and started kicking at the cockpit door.

He was mad and started kicking the door. He jammed the door and couldn't get out, but he didn't want us to know, so he went to the vent and tried whispering to the security guard there.

Meetings are a great trap. Soon you find yourself trying to get agreement and then the people who disagree come to think they have a right to be persuaded. However, they are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.

People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage

If we were not in Vietnam, all that part of the world would be enjoying the obscurity it so richly deserves.