"History is a set of lies agreed upon."

"If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god."

"Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what prevents the poor from murdering the rich."

"I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other."

"The only conquests which are permanent are those of the mind."