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

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

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.

You'll live. Only the best get killed.

It's better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.

You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.

Whereas ordinary officers must be content with behaving correctly in front of their men, the great leaders have always carefully stage-managed their effects.