A nation is a body of people who have done great things together.

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.

The simplest schoolboy is now familiar with truths for which Archimedes would have sacrificed his life.

The talent of historians lies in their creating a true ensemble out of facts which are but half true.

To conceive the good, in fact, is not sufficient; it must be made to succeed among men. To accomplish this less pure paths must be followed.

Every rebel is, with us, more or less a soldier who has missed his vocation, a being made for a heroic life ... The European race is a race of masters and soldiers. If you reduce this noble race to the work in a slave's prison like Negroes or Chinamen, it will rebel.

Jesus was the greatest religious genius that ever lived.