Politics. The diplomatic name for the law of the jungle.

A deck of cards was built like the purest of hierarchies, with every card a master to those below it and a lackey to those above it.

Power politics is the diplomatic name for the law of the jungle.

We must conquer war or war will conquer us.

God and the politicians willing, the United States can declare peace upon the world, and win it.

The sum of all technical knowledge cannot make a master contract player.

I had always been fascinated by the bizarre world of cards. It was a world of pure power politics where rewards and punishments were meted out immediately.

Nosecond Johannesburg isneededuponthe earth.One is enough.

The Christian religion is a stranger to mere despotic power. The mildness so frequently recommended in the Gospel is incompatible with the despotic rage.

And the seriousness with which the other party takes my words always raises the doubt whether I have taken them seriously enough myself.

Day Play We play all day. Night Fight We fight all night.

Haiti, Haiti, the further I am from you, the less I breathe. Haiti, I love you, and I will love you always. Always.

I'm odd, I know,' he said. 'It's fear of myself that's made me odd.

Let's stop talking about new taxes and start talking about creating new taxpayers, which basically means jobs.

I just take every day is a miracle and I'm really glad that I'm still working and that people are not sick of me, even though even I'm sick of me a little bit.

I bring to the music industry something that isn't over-complicated. What you see is what you get. But, I feel every performer has something unique to offer.

The talent of a meat packer, the morals of a money changer, and the manners of an undertaker.