"I must say that I have never been a great admirer of the male sex. I have always thought that women are much more capable, much more intelligent, much more sensitive, much more sophisticated than men."

"We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new tree is planted."

"It is not the business of government to make people happy. It is the business of government to make people secure."

"We don’t want wars even when we win them."

"If we have to choose between being dead and pitied, and being alive with a bad image, we’d rather be alive and have the bad image."