Unavailable wars are always just.

The best way to make every one poor is to insist on equality of wealth.

All becomes easy when we follow the current of opinion; it is the ruler of the world.

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

A battle sometimes decides everything; and sometimes the most trifling thing decides the fate of a battle.

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.

Nothing renders a nation so despicable as religious despotism.