No man has any natural authority over his fellow man.

This is not a clash between civilizations. It is a clash about civilization.

Let the French but have England, and they won’t want to conquer it.

All of life is a foreign country.

All men naturally hate each other. We have used concupiscence as best we can to make it serve the common good, but this is mere sham and a false image of charity, for essentially it is just hate.

Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.

One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.

When the missionaries first came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said, “Let us pray.” We closed our eyes. When we opened them, we had the Bible and they had the land.

Such then is the human state, that to wish greatness for one’s country is to wish harm to one’s neighbors.

Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us.

Strangers are an endangered species.