War is the unfolding of miscalculations.

The nastiness of women [in the 14th century] was generally perceived at the close of life when a man began to worry about hell, and his sexual desire in any case fading.

To put on the garment of legitimacy is the first aim of every coup.

More than a code of manners in war and love, Chivalry was a moral system, governing the whole of noble life.

Strong prejudices in an ill-formed mind are hazardous to government, and when combined with a position of power even more so.

The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion.

What his imagination is to the poet, facts are to the historian. His exercise of judgment comes in their selection, his art in their arrangement.

Business, like a jackal, trotted on the heels of war.

One must stop conducting research before one has finished. Otherwise, one will never stop and never finish.

Diplomacy means all the wicked devices of the Old World, spheres of influence, balances of power, secret treaties, triple alliances, and, during the interim period, appeasement of Fascism.

Every successful revolution puts on in time the robes of the tyrant it has deposed.

Science replaces private prejudice with public, verifiable evidence.

We’re animals. No shame, no guilt - no sin…

Liberty exists as the moral fiber within the political tapestry of man.

The window can be fixed, Katerina. I'm far more concerned about him.

Credit is the air that financial markets breathe, and when the air is poisoned, there's no place to hide.

Wisdom is not the understanding of mystery. Wisdom is accepting that mystery is beyond understanding. That's what makes it mystery.

Sometimes you have to say, "No. This is my space." If you're going to come at me, come at me respectfully, and I will respond respectfully.

For without risk there is no faith, and the greater the risk, the greater the faith.

Maybe the best comics are written by people who really are at ease in the comic world.

I'm keenly aware of the Pride coming before the Fall . . . but I really do like what I've been able to do here.