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

In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.

Difficulty attracts the man of character because it is in embracing it that he realizes himself

The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.

No, I'm not talking about the Russians; I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far!

Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.

The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.