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

It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.

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.

These people really aim very badly.

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

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.

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