"Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities."

"You must not fear death, my lads defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks."

"One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority."

"The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind."

"For what can war, but endless war, still breed?"

"In politics, the number of women in the cabinet has fallen and, if current poll trends continue and Labour loses a number of marginal seats, the number of female MPs is likely to drop significantly."

"Most of Roosevelt's innovations have been the law of the land for 70 years now, and yet we are still a free society free enough, that is, to allow tens of thousands of protesters to gather on the National Mall and to broadcast their slogans and speeches to the world via C-SPAN."

"Do not measure life by the breaths you take, but by the moments that stir your soul. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."