We must keep on trying to solve problems, one by one, stage by stage, if not on the basis of confidence and cooperation, at least on that of mutual toleration and self-interest.

The life of states cannot, any more than the life of individuals, be conditioned by the force and the will of a unit, however powerful, but by the consensus of a group, which must one day include all states.

Learn to work with yourself in the moment. Handle only the moment as it comes. Learn to cooperate with the moment. Accept what is. Work with yourself and what is.

Entrepreneurship is the use of self-interest in the service of others. Politics is the use of others in the service of self-interest.

I believe mutual respect for one another and cooperation should be the basis for relationships with foreign nations.

As to the first, I do not know that I have done very much myself to promote fraternity between nations but I do know that there can be no more important purpose for any man's activity or interests.