We have been at war almost constantly since the last century. And it has not helped our institutions. Congress no longer represents the people. The courts do not practice justice any more. The armies never stop playing at being the policemen of the world and of oil.

I suppose my liking for Italy is partly atavism, my family are of the old Roman stock. They came from the Alps north of Venice.

The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.

It is not enough merely to win; others must lose.

Most lives are spent putting on and taking off masks.

I think the Chinese will say the hell with you and pull their money out of the United States. That's the end of our wars.

I have always found men quite fathomable. They look entirely to their own interest.