Patriotism is a word which represents a noble idea.

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

Among so many conflicting ideas and so many different perspectives, the honest man is confused and distressed and the skeptic becomes wicked ... Since one must take sides, one might as well choose the side that is victorious, the side which devastates, loots, and burns. Considering the alternative, it is better to eat than to be eaten.

Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.

Necessity dominates inclination, will, and right.

A leader has the right to be beaten, but never the right to be surprised.

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.