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

China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.

When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time.

War stirs in men's hearts the mud of their worst instincts. It puts a premium on violence, nourishes hatred, and gives free rein to cupidity. It crushes the weak, exalts the unworthy, and bolsters tyranny .. .Time and time again it has destroyed all ordered living, devastated hope, and put the prophets to death.

You'll live. Only the best get killed.

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.

Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.