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

Called to the throne by the voice of the people, my maxim has always been: A career open to talent without distinction of birth. It is this system of equality for which the European oligarchy detests me

The most difficult art is not in the choice of men, but in giving to the men chosen the highest service of which they are capable.

Tis a principle of war that when you can use the lightning, 'tis better than cannon.

Patriotism is a word which represents a noble idea.

From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.

I know men, and I tell you, Jesus is more than a man. Comparison is impossible between Him and any other human being who ever lived, because He was the Son of God.