In the tumult of great events, solitude was what I hoped for. Now it is what I love. How is it possible to be contented with anything else when one has come face to face with history?

Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.

I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.

There can be no other criterion, no other standard than gold. Yes, gold which never changes, which can be shaped into ingots, bars, coins, which has no nationality and which is eternally and universally accepted as the unalterable fiduciary value par excellence.

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

He who laughs last didn't get the joke.

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