"Rigorous authority and justice are the kindness..." - Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

“Between a battle lost and a battle won, the distance is immense and there stand empires.”

“Laws which are consistent in theory often prove chaotic in practice.”

“In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.”

“The Ability to influence people without irritating them is the most profitable art known to man.”

“I had one well known director who kept saying, "Now Clint, this is what ...." And I'd say, "I know. I read the script. I'm the one who cast you as the director. Let me show you and you'll correct me if I'm wrong."”

“[Khrushchev] should get a one-ton medal.”

“My overriding belief is that it is always possible for criminals to improve and that by its very finality the death penalty contradicts this.”

“Whenever there are in any country uncultivated lands and unemployed poor, it is clear that the laws of property have been so far extended as to violate natural right. The earth is given as a common stock for man to labor and live on. The small landowners are the most precious part of a state”

“The lover wants no partiality. He says, Be so kind as to be just.”