Italy is a geographical expression.

History is the true school of politics.

I am a rock of order.

What I wanted was simple: to preserve what existed.

Choosing individual stocks without any idea of what you're looking for is like running through a dynamite factory with a burning match.

-- Joel Greenblatt

I regard all the world as my country, and I believe that I should be very welcome everywhere.

-- Peter Paul Rubens

There can be no diplomacy without the power to defend oneself.

-- Shigeru Yoshida

I see, and say nothing.

-- Elizabeth I of England

The Empire means peace.

-- Napoleon III

A nation should not have permanent friends, only permanent interests.

-- Otto von Bismarck