Human beings act intelligently only after they have exhausted the alternatives

It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.

Tragedy is the difference between what is and what could have been.

A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement.

Better to be disliked than pitied.

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

Tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.