Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.

China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.

How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?

Don't think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.

I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.

The Jews remain what they have been at all times: an elite people, self-confident and domineering.