The tools belong to the man who can use them.

To a father who loves his children victor has no charms. When the heart speaks, glory itself is an illusion.

Half of the people in the world are below average.

The most terrible of all my battles was the one before Moscow. The French showed themselves to be worthy of victory, but the Russians showed themselves worthy of being invincible.

I treat policies like war. I hoodwink one flank so as to trounce the other. In my family we kneel only to God.

It is rare that a legislature reasons. It is too quickly impassioned.

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.