A society without religion is like a vessel without compass.

I saw the crown of France laying on the ground, so I picked it up with my sword.

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

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

Half of the people in the world are below average.

Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.

The most desirable quality in a soldier is constancy in the support of fatigue; valor is only secondary.