"The writer's job is to tell the truth, even when it is inconvenient."

Diplomacy is a means to achieve national interests, but it should also respect the principles of peace, justice, and rule of law.

Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.

As to the gods, I do not know whether they exist or not, or what they are like.