I cannot tell a lie.

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.

It is impossible to govern the universe without God and the Bible.

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

-- Peter Paul Rubens

China will stay on the path of peaceful development.

-- Hu Jintao

There can be no diplomacy without the power to defend oneself.

-- Shigeru Yoshida

I choose what I believe, and say nothing. For I am not as simple as I may seem.

-- Catherine of Aragon

I see, and say nothing.

-- Elizabeth I of England

When Paris catches cold, all Europe sneezes.

-- Klemens von Metternich