Man Begets, But Land Does Not Beget.

To Think Of These Stars That You See Overhead At Night, These Vast Worlds Which We Can Never Reach. I Would Annex The Planets If I Could; I Often Think Of That. It Makes Me Sad To See Them So Clear And Yet So Far.

When People Praise You, Don't Let It Go To Your Head. When They Criticize You, Don't Let It Go To Your Heart.

Having Read The Histories Of Other Countries, I Saw That Expansion Was Everything, And That The World's Surface Being Limited, The Great Object Of Present Humanity Should Be To Take As Much Of The World As It Possibly Could.

I Have Too Much Work On My Hands And I Would Not Be A Dutiful Husband.

We Must Find New Lands From Which We Can Easily Obtain Raw Materials And At The Same Time Exploit The Cheap Slave Labor That Is Available From The Natives Of The Colonies. The Colonies Would Also Provide A Dumping Ground For The Surplus Goods Produced In Our Factories.