"For you know yourself that, though a thing be good, if it be new, the people will not do it without compulsion."

"I have often sinned, but I have never consciously done anything against the interests of my country."

"It is not the number of soldiers, but the quality of their spirit that brings victory."

"We are not in the habit of giving away cities."

"To have a strong army and navy, one must have money. To have money, one must have trade. To have trade, one must have a sea port."