Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos.
Contentment is rare among men as it is natural among animals
Peace is an unstable equilibrium, which can be preserved only by acknowledged supremacy or equal power.
The greatest question of our time is not communism vs. individualism, not Europe vs. America, not even the East vs. the West; it is whether men can bear to live without God.
A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.
It came to me that reform should begin at home, and since that day I have not had time to remake the world.