War is a lottery in which nations ought to risk nothing but small amounts.
Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded his empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for him.
We are nothing but by the law.
Conquest has made me what I am, only conquest can maintain me.
England is a nation of shopkeepers.
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.