In politics nothing is immutable. Events carry within them an invincible power. The unwise destroy themselves in resistance. The skillful accept events, take strong hold of them and direct them.

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

A Government protected by foreigners will never be accepted by a free people.

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

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

Among so many conflicting ideas and so many different perspectives, the honest man is confused and distressed and the skeptic becomes wicked ... Since one must take sides, one might as well choose the side that is victorious, the side which devastates, loots, and burns. Considering the alternative, it is better to eat than to be eaten.

I have seen only yoU, I have admired only yoU, I desire only You