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.

Some of us would be greatly astonished to learn the reasons why others respect us.

There is no foreign land; it is the traveler only that is foreign.

Let the French but have England, and they won’t want to conquer it.

The noblest kind of retribution is not to become like your enemy.

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

When the missionaries first came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said, “Let us pray.” We closed our eyes. When we opened them, we had the Bible and they had the land.

All men naturally hate each other. We have used concupiscence as best we can to make it serve the common good, but this is mere sham and a false image of charity, for essentially it is just hate.

To need to dominate others is to need others. The commander is dependent.

Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.

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.

Children are all foreigners. We treat them as such.