To write history one must be more than a man, since the author who holds the pen of this great justiciary must be free from all preoccupation of interest or vanity.

The leader's role is to define reality, then give hope

Called to the throne by the voice of the people, my maxim has always been: A career open to talent without distinction of birth. It is this system of equality for which the European oligarchy detests me

I know he's a good general, but is he lucky?

One might as well try to charge through a wall.

Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.

In politics nothing is immutable. Events carry within them an invincible power.