Compulsion cannot produce virtue; it can only produce the outward semblance of virtue.
History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.
A leader has the right to be beaten, but never the right to be surprised.
The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.
A wise man is never to sure of what he knows to be true.
About Superman and Batman: the former is how America views itself, the latter, darker character is how the rest of the world views America.
I have great faith in fools; self-confidence, my friends call it.
I felt that I had done my duty. Nothing drove me now. I had run out of causes and was as close as I might ever be to peace. With all this behind me, I felt that if I had to die now, it was all right. I would not