We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.

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.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow man.

Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.

By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.

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

It’s good to remember that in crises, natural crises, human beings forget for a while their ignorances, their biases, their prejudices. For a little while, neighbors help neighbors and strangers help strangers.

Many need no other provocation to enmity than that they find themselves excelled.

In settling an island, the first building erected by a Spaniard will be a church, by a Frenchman a fort, by a Dutchman a warehouse, and by an Englishman an alehouse.

This is not a clash between civilizations. It is a clash about civilization.

I do desire we may be better strangers.

Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them.

A criminal may improve and become a decent member of society. A foreigner cannot improve. Once a foreigner, always a foreigner. There is no way out for him.