You don't reason with intellectuals. You shoot them.

If we could read the past histories of all our enemies we would disregard all hostility for them.

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.

Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.

Military despotism represses generous sentiments, priestly tyranny stifles them.

The art of being sometimes audacious and sometimes very prudent is the secret of success.