History is as much an art as a science.
The epic disappeared along with the age of personal heroism; there can be no epic with artillery.
I can die when I wish to: that is my elixir of life.
Communism is in conflict with human nature.
A nation has a soul, a spiritual principle. One is in the past, the other in the present. One is the possession of a rich legacy of memories; the other is the desire to live together and to value the common heritage.
As a rule, all heroism is due to a lack of reflection, and thus it is necessary to maintain a mass of imbeciles. If they once understand themselves the ruling men will be lost.