War should only be used for a policy worth its sacrifices.

Fools you are. To say you learn by your experience. I prefer to profit by others' mistakes and avoid the price of my own.

Show me an objective worthy of war and I will go along with you.

I am accustomed to pay men back in their own coin.

A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.

The death of Lincoln was a disaster for Christendom. There was no man in the United States great enough to wear his boots and the bankers went anew to grab the riches. I fear that foreign bankers with their craftiness and tortuous tricks will entirely control the exuberant riches of America and use it to systematically corrupt civilization.

Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others.