My success and everything good that I have done, I owe to my mother.

Arabia was idolatrous when, six centuries after Jesus, Muhammad introduced the worship of the God of Abraham, of Ishmael, of Moses, and Jesus. The Ariyans and some other sects had disturbed the tranquility of the east by agitating the question of the nature of the Father, the son, and the Holy Ghost. Muhammad declared that there was none but one God who had no father, no son and that the trinity imported the idea of idolatry.

The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely.

The only way to lead people is to show them a future: a leader is a dealer in hope.

The secret of great battles consists in knowing how to deploy and concentrate at the right time.

I pay attention only to what people do or say. I never pay attention to what they think.

On victory, you deserve beer. On defeat, you need it.