“I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.”

“The weak are wicked. Goodness can only be expected from the strong.”

“The weak are cruel. The strong have no need to be.”

“I learned the lesson that great men cultivate love, and that only little men cherish a spirit of hatred. I learned that assistance given to the weak makes the one who gives it strong; and that oppression of the unfortunate makes one weak.”

“Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.”

“No state is forever strong or forever weak. If those who uphold the law are strong, the state will be strong; if they are weak, the state will be weak.”

“It's the people who seem weak who are always suprisingly strong, and the ones who seem strong who are unexpectledly weak.”

“Only the weak blame their past for the faults they find in their present; the strong acknowledge the effects of their past and then move on from it. We are all free to choose whether we will be weak or strong.”

“A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It's a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity.”

“You think my apology means I'm weak. But it doesn't. It means I am trying to learn how to be strong.”