The heart of a statesman should be in his head.

I make my battle plans from the spirit of my sleeping soldiers

The fool has one great advantage over a man of sense; he is always satisfied with himself.

The true policy of government is to make use of aristocracy, but under the forms and in the spirit of democracy.

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.

There are so many laws that no one is safe from hanging.

Do you know what astonished me the most in this world? The inability of force to create anything.