The people are the strongest and most just of all forces. They hate servitude and extremism. They cannot be bribed. They always sense what is worthy of them.

The name of Napoleon is in itself an entire programme.

Pauperism must be extinguished.

We shall be crushed.

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

-- Peter Paul Rubens

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

-- Shigeru Yoshida

I see, and say nothing.

-- Elizabeth I of England

Berlin is the testicles of the West. When I want the West to scream, I squeeze on Berlin.

-- Nikita Khrushchev

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

-- Otto von Bismarck

Long live free Quebec!

-- Charles de Gaulle