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

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

The Jesuits are a MILITARY organization, not a religious order. Their chief is a general of an army, not the mere father abbot of a monastery. And the aim of this organization is power - power in its most despotic exercise - absolute power, universal power, power to control the world by the volition of a single man. Jesuitism is the most absolute of despotisms - and at the same time the greatest and most enormous of abuses.

Lead the ideas of your time and they will accompany and support you; fall behind them and they drag you along with them; oppose them and they will overwhelm you.

To a father who loves his children victor has no charms. When the heart speaks, glory itself is an illusion.

Opportunities? I make opportunities.

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.