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

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

From triumph to downfall is but a step. I have seen a trifle decide the most important issues in the gravest affairs.

One is more certain to influence men, to produce more effect on them, by absurdities than by sensible ideas.

The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.

A society without religion is like a vessel without compass.

Give me enough ribbons to place on the tunics of my soldiers and I can conquer the world.