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Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.

No nation now sets forth to despoil another upon the avowed ground that it desires the spoils.

Those who own the country ought to govern it.

Now if there is one thing that we do worse than any other nation, it is try and manage somebody else's affairs.

The political power of the Country must fall eventually into the hands of certain great families as it always has done in other republics.

Administering another country is always a very tricky proposition.

If we want a great nation, we have to change it ourselves.

It's so much easier to throw rocks than it is to govern.

Our nation is today a powerful nation.

The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.