 A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment. |
| Politics is the art of the next best. |
| No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing. |
| Politics is not an exact science. |
| The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood. |
| A government must not waiver once it has chosen it's course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward. |
| There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America. |
| The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia. |
| Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness. |
| When you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice. |
| Politics ruins the character. |
| All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence. |
| To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making. |
| Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made. |
| A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling. |
| When you want to fool the world, tell the truth. |
| With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half. |
| Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war. |
| Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression. |
| The main thing is to make history, not to write it. |
