My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be...

My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.

Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

History is written by the victors.

Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.

My most brilliant achievement ...