The first quality of a soldier is constancy in enduring fatigue and hardship. Courage is only the second. Poverty privation and want are the school of the good soldier.

The English have no exaulted sentiments. They can all be bought.

It strengthens the bonds between nations to have the same civil laws and the same monetary system.

True character stands the test of emergencies. Do not be mistaken, it is weakness from which the awakening is rude.

If you know a country's geography, you can understand and predict its foreign policy.

The greatest danger occurs at the moment of victory

I treat policies like war. I hoodwink one flank so as to trounce the other. In my family we kneel only to God.