The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much.

No nation is fit to sit in judgment upon any other nation.

The less intelligent the white man is, the more stupid he thinks the black.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow man.

Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.

I have said this before, but I shall say it again and again and again: your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars.

If you wish to avoid foreign collision, you had better abandon the ocean.

Who sees all beings in his own self, and his own self in all beings, loses all fear.

One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.

Intolerance is evidence of impotence.

Nothing is more narrow-minded than chauvinism or racial hatred. To me all men are equal; there are flatheads everywhere and I despise them all equally.

France has neither winter, summer, nor morals—apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country.

All of life is a foreign country.