Democracy is talking itself to death. The people do not know what they want; they do not know what is the best for them. There is too much foolishness, too much lost motion. I have stopped the talk and the nonsense. I am a man of action. Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy. You in America will see that some day.

War is to man what motherhood is to a woman. From a philosophical and doctrinal viewpoint, I do not believe in perpetual peace.

The Socialists ask what is our program? Our program is to smash the heads of the Socialists.

One moment on the battlefield is worth a thousand years of peace.

For my part I prefer fifty thousand rifles to five million votes.

It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins.

Speeches made to the people are essential to the arousing of enthusiasm for a war.