He obtained from Congress the right to borrow from the people by selling to it the 'bonds' of States ... and the Government and the nation escaped the plots of the foreign financiers. They understood at once, that the United States would escape their grip. The death of Lincoln was resolved upon.

Faust complained about having two souls in his breast, but I harbor a whole crowd of them and they quarrel. It is like being in a republic.

Laws are like sausages. You sleep far better the less you know about how they are made.

With bad laws and good civil servants it's still possible to govern. But with bad civil servants even the best laws can't help.

You can't destroy the polish national-consciousness or Poles on the battlefield, but if you give them power, they will destroy themselves

Better pointed bullets than pointed words.

What we learn from History is that no one learns from History