After the United States gobbled up California and half of Mexico, and we were stripped down to nothing, territorial expansion suddenly becomes a crime. It's been going on for centuries, and it will still go on.

The victor will always be the judge, and the vanquished the accused.

Do you think I give that much of a damn about my lousy life? - For myself, I don't give a damn if I get executed, or drown, or crash in a plane, or drink mysel…

Der Sieger wird immer der Richter und der Besiegte stets der Angeklagte sein.