"Wise men say, and not without reason,..." - Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli

“Few men are brave by nature, but good discipline and experience make many so.”

“He who makes war his profession cannot be otherwise than vicious. War makes thieves, and peace brings them to the gallows.”

“There is nothing so difficult or so dangerous as to undertake to change the order of things.”

“But something stirred across the country because of what happened in Selma, Alabama, because some folks were willing to march across a bridge. And so they [my parents] got together, Barack Obama Jr. was born. So don't tell me I don't have a claim on Selma, Alabama. Don't tell me I'm not coming home when I come to Selma, Alabama.”

“The past does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.”

“Masculine republics give way to feminine democracies, and feminine democracies give way to tyranny.”

“One half of her should not be always so much wiser than the other half.”

“Man is not to drown himself in the well of the Shastras, but he is to dive in their broad ocean and bring out pearls.”

“Stupidity is better kept a secret than displayed.”