If I were an Englishman, I should esteem the man who advised a war with China to be the greatest living enemy of my country. You would be beaten in the end, and perhaps a revolution in India would follow.
Even when I am gone, I shall remain in people's minds the star of their rights, my name will be the war cry of their efforts, the motto of their hopes.
It is in times of difficulty that great nations like great men display the whole energy of their character and become an object of admiration to posterity.
Strong coffee, much strong coffee, is what awakens me. Coffee gives me warmth, waking, an unusual force and a pain that is not without very great pleasure.
This accession of territory affirms forever the power of the United States, and I have given England a maritime rival who sooner or later will humble her pride.