"Every private in the French army carries..." - Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

“Democracy may become frenzied, but it has feelings and can be moved. As for aristocracy, it is always cold and never forgives.”

“The only conquests that are permanent and leave no regrets are our conquests over ourselves.”

“War is like government, a matter of tact.”

“Like other kids wanted to become firemen or astronauts, I wanted to make people laugh.”

“The thing is, in America, it just seemed ridiculous - I mean, the idea of having a hit record over there, ... It was just something you could never do.”

“Fears, even the most basic ones, can totally destroy our ambitions. Fear, if left unchecked, can destroy our lives. Fear is one of the many enemies lurking inside us.”

“The person who takes no chances generally has to take whatever is left when others are through choosing.”

“If we help an educated man's daughter to go to Cambridge are we not forcing her to think not about education but about war? - not how she can learn, but how she can fight in order that she might win the same advantages as her brothers?”

“Choosing not to read is like closing an open door to paradise”