Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.

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.

Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.

The perfection preached in the gospels never yet built an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning.

These people really aim very badly.

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.