Study history, study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft.

History is written by the victors.

For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself.

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.