“Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.”
“The doctrine of "exit strategy" fundamentally misunderstands the nature of war and, more generally, the nature of historical action. for the knowledge of the end is not given to us at the beginning.”
“Everything begins in mystery and ends in politics.”
“Where knowledge ends, religion begins.”
“To understand life is to understand ourselves, and that is both the beginning and the end of education.”
“In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in folly.”