Whereas ordinary officers must be content with behaving correctly in front of their men, the great leaders have always carefully stage-managed their effects.

The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.

What do you take me for, an idiot?

Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.

You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.

You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.

Betting against gold is the same as betting on governments. He who bets on governments and government money bets against 6,000 years of recorded human history.