“The way to a landowner's heart was to tax gently.”

“The cornerstone of the Roman legionnaires' astonishing fighting spirit can be attributed to their training.”

“The factor that made him so powerful was also his greatest liability.”

“With ancient history writers most immediately in view, the author indicates "tendency to look to the virtues and vices of individuals when seeking causes.”

“Author describes one monarch's impressive table but conveys a contemporary's observation, "the weightiest thing at dinner was the conversation".”

“Never base motivation or fear, entirely.”

“Jerusalem! My Love,My TownI wept until my tears were dryI prayed until the candles flickeredI knelt until the floor creakedI asked about Mohammed and ChristOh Jerusalem, the fragrance of prophetsTh...”

“If it were but known that the combined might of the world was against aggression, the war-minded could only seek his salvation in peace, perceiving that further ostentatious preparations for war we...”

“The school remained open. I thanked Allah that the Americans operated differently. Had the Lebanese lost 241 men in one day, and had we the power and the reach, we would have American males hung fr...”

“Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.”

“As time and space are bent by gravity, so too is truth bent by power.”

“What a curious power words have.”