The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.
It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.