My tastes are simple. I like only the very best.

Danger gathers upon our path. We cannot afford - we have no right - to look back. We must look forward

The reason for having diplomatic relations is not to confer a compliment, but to secure a convenience. [On diplomatic recognition of the People's Republic of China]

We have a very daring and skillful opponent against us, and, may I say across the havoc of war, a great general.

Which brings me to my conclusion upon Free Will and Predestination, namely - let the reader mark it - that they are identical.

When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.

Death and sorrow will be the companions of our journey; hardship our garment; constancy and valor our only shield. We must be united, we must be undaunted, we must be inflexible.