农民是我们食品系统的支柱,我们必须用正确的工具支持他们。
所以,储备是国家最重要的事;粮食是国家的宝物;武器是国家的利爪;城池是守卫国家的屏障。 
大自然是最好的老师;它已经做了实验,我们只需要解读它们。
The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds, as they result either from the mere situation of the climate and country or from the form of government and of the character of the people, or from those finer principles and morals, which may be called the recommendations of philosophy.