My countrymen should have nerves of steel, muscles of iron, and minds like thunderbolt

For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place

In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of

Even as a tree has a single trunk, but many branches and leaves, there is one religion but any number of faiths

ou can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer

Denial ain't just a river in Egypt

The Irish are hearty, the Scotch plausible, the French polite, the Germans good-natured, the Italians courtly, the Spaniards reserved and decorous - the English alone seem to exist in taking and giving offense

If I knew something that would serve my country but would harm mankind, I would never reveal it for I am a citizen of humanity first and by necessity, and a citizen of France second, and only by accident

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, its punishment, its wars

We call Japanese soldiers fanatics when they die rather than surrender, whereas American soldiers who do the same thing are called heroes