The minute a thing is long and complicated, it confuses. Whoever wrote the Ten Commandments made 'em short. They may not always be kept, but they are understood.
Heroing is one of the shortest-lived professions there is.
Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.
No nation ever had two better friends that we have. You know who they are? The Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
If you don't have malice in our heart, it doesn't come across harsh.
Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.