Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.

In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.

For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.

Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.

Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.

One does not arrest Voltaire.

A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.