"I now feel very ashamed of my testimony, as I withheld some of what I knew to protect myself from being punished by m…"

"You should not be serving me. I should be serving you."

"Unless China takes certain steps to save itself, nothing will prevent it from collapsing."

"The Republic of China is a tiny baby. They should be cared for and protected against indigestible meals and strong me…"

"In early half a century ago a little boy was walking with his father and mother in a park of a city in Southern Franc…"

"The long reign of the great Dom Pedro II put Brazil among the leading democratic nations. Americans of today know him…"

"I was born to consecrate myself to the languages and sciences, and, if I had to choose between occupying a political …"

"I swore to the Constitution, but even if I had not sworn to it, it would be to me a second religion."

"Politics is to me the harsh fulfilment of duty."

"If his power were equal to his will, slavery would vanish from the Empire with a single strike."