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When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.

Every empire eventually falls.

He that is taken and put into prison or chains is not conquered, though overcome; for he is still an enemy.

It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.

The chief incalculable in war is the human will.

War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.

He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.

Judge candidly what a wretched figure the American empire will exhibit in the eye of other nations, without a power to array and support a military force for its own protection.