Until you spread your wings, you’ll have no idea how far you can fly.
The purpose of religion is to keep the poor from killing the rich.
In a conquered country benevolence is not humanitarianism. It is a general political axiom that a conqueror must not inspire a good opinion of his benevolence until he has demonstrated that he can be severe with malefactors.
Give me a Turkish army; I will conquer the world.
Europe is a molehill. All great empires and revolutions have been on the Orient; six hundred millions live there.
I know men, and I tell you, Jesus is more than a man. Comparison is impossible between Him and any other human being who ever lived, because He was the Son of God.
How can you have order in a state without religion? For, when one man is dying of hunger near another who is ill of surfeit, he cannot resign himself to this difference unless there is an authority which declares ‘God wills it thus.’ Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
Adversity is the midwife of genius.
Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.
Generals are not to be too scrupulous.
Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded his empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for him.
You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success.
The fool has one great advantage over a man of sense; he is always satisfied with himself.
To have a right estimate of a man’s character, we must see him in misfortune.
Unite for the public safety, if you would remain an independent nation.
Wherever wood can swim, there I am sure to find this flag of England.
If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.
I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.
Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.
I am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world, and yet they lay their hands on everything they can get.