"War is to man what maternity is to a woman. From a philosophical and doctrinal viewpoint, I do not believe in perpetual peace."

"The truth is that men are tired of liberty."

"Inactivity is death."

"War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have the courage to make it."

"The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The world will either move forward toward unity and widely shared prosperity - or it will move apart."

"I want to write a book which is the history of comedy."

"We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it."

"The past nine years in San Diego have represented such a period of questioning."