A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed - I well know. For it's a sign that he tried to surpass himself.

A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he's not a man of action. You must act as you breathe.

In order to act, you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.

It is far easier to make war than peace.

I feel beautiful when I'm at peace with myself. When I'm serene, when I'm a good person, when I've been considerate of others.

If Iran and North Korea, by some horrible, devilish, nightmarish scenario, got together and went to war at the same time, one against Saudi Arabia and one against South Korea, I don't know what we would do about that. I don't know that we could stop them short of using nuclear weapons.

In a democratic age, you can't buck demography - except through civil war.

From infancy, I had been accustomed to hear pro and con discussions of slavery and the American Civil War. Although the British government finally decided not to recognise the Confederacy, public opinion in England was sharply divided on the questions both of slavery and of secession.