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?
Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
Never relinquish the initiative.
Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads.