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.

I do desire we may be better strangers.

The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us.

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.

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

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.

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

Intolerance is evidence of impotence.

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

When you name yourself, you always name another.

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

Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.