How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese?

In the tumult of great events, solitude was what I hoped for. Now it is what I love. How is it possible to be contented with anything else when one has come face to face with history?

Don't think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.

A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.

I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously.

Deliberation is a function of the many; action is the function of one.

One cannot govern with 'buts'.