If there had been no troublemakers, no Dissenters, we should still be living in caves.

We learn nothing from history except the infinite variety of men's behaviour.

The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.

Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.

One of the penalties of being president of the United States is that you must subsist for four years without drinking anything except Californian wine.

If men are to respect each other for what they are, they must cease to respect each other for what they own.

The Foreign Office knows no secrets.