The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments' plans.

Nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.

Man is a being born to believe. And if no church comes forward with its title-deeds of truth to guide him, he will find altars and idols in his own heart and his own imagination.

A book may be as great a thing as a battle.

There are some silent people who are more interesting than the best talkers.

I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments, but not with comprehension.

The art of governing mankind by deceiving them.