France has lost a battle, but France has not lost the war.

How can you govern a country that has 246 varieties of cheese?

Great things are not done without great people, and great people are great because they willed it.

I regard all the world as my country, and I believe that I should be very welcome everywhere.

-- Peter Paul Rubens

I see, and say nothing.

-- Elizabeth I of England

A nation should not have permanent friends, only permanent interests.

-- Otto von Bismarck

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

-- John F. Kennedy

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.

-- George Washington

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

-- Theodore Roosevelt