If men are to respect each other for what they are, they must cease to respect each other for what they own.

Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness.

The God of Battles will throw the dice that decide.

The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.

One of the penalties of being president of the United States is that you must subsist for four years without drinking anything except Californian wine.

Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.

We learn nothing from history except the infinite variety of men's behaviour.