Heaven grew weary of the excessive pride and luxury of China... I am from the Barbaric North. I wear the same clothing and eat the same food as the cowherds and horse-herders. We make the same sacrifices and we share our riches. I look upon the nation as a new-born child and I care for my soldiers as though they were my brothers.

All who surrender will be spared; whoever does not surrender but opposes with struggle and dissension, shall be annihilated.

As my calling is high, the obligations incumbent upon me are also heavy; and I fear that in my ruling there may be something wanting.

Those who were adept and brave fellows I have made military commanders. Those who were quick and nimble I have made herders of horses. Those who were not adept…

The Cincinnatus of the West, Whom envy dared not hate, Bequeath'd the name of Washington, To make man blush there was but one!

I stand on this rostrum with a sense of deep humility and great pride - humility in the weight of those great American architects of our history who have stood…

War is inevitable, and this time, it will be truly world wide. It will unravel everywhere and there will be no limit to its battlefields. The condemnations of …