Let us have a dagger between our teeth, a bomb in our hands, and an infinite scorn in our hearts.
The fate of nations is intimately bound up with their powers of reproduction. All nations and all empires first felt decadence gnawing at them when their birth rate fell off.
It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in...
It's good to trust others but, not to do so is much better.