Give me enough medals and I’ll win you any war
There is no place in a fanatic's head where reason can enter.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
Alexander, Charlemagne and myself all tried to found an empire on force and we failed. Jesus Christ is building an empire on love, and today there are millions of people who would gladly die for His sake.
Nothing renders a nation so despicable as religious despotism.
Agriculture is the soul and chief support of empires; industry produces riches and the happiness of the people; exportation represents the superabundance, and good use of both.