No amount of money will induce someone to lay down their life, but they will gladly do so for a bit of yellow ribbon.

When I had the honor to be a second lieutenant, I ate dry bread, but I never let anyone know that I was poor.

Posterity alone rightly judges kings. Posterity alone has the right to accord or withhold honors.

This accession of territory affirms forever the power of the United States, and I have given England a maritime rival who sooner or later will humble her pride.

The word impossible is not French.

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

Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.