You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy, or given up all hope of the Presidency.
We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.
Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection: they have many friends and few enemies.
Christianity is a battle, not a dream.
Hearts are stronger than swords.
There is nothing stronger than human prejudice. A crazy sentimentalism, like that of Peter the Hermit, hurled half of Europe upon Asia, and changed the destinies of kingdoms.