Unless a nation's life faces peril, war is murder.

Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.

A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others.

He is a weak ruler who needs religion to uphold his government; it is as if he would catch his people in a trap.

No matter how rich and prosperous, a nation without independence, cannot be subject to any behaviour before the humanity, at a higher level than serving.

Unless a nation's life faces peril, war is murder.

A nation devoid of art and artists cannot have a full existence.