So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism – despotism during the campaign – is indispensable. – Walter Bagehot
No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist. – Walter Bagehot
Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world. – Walter Bagehot
Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one person doing interesting actions. – Walter Bagehot
But the war on terror as I have repeatedly said in the past, and the Afghan people believe in it, in truth, is that the war on terror is not in the Afghan villages or homes. Its in the sanctuaries, it is in the training grounds, its in the motivation factors and the money that comes to it. – Hamid Karzai