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

Yes, it is Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals, it is Europe, it is the whole of Europe, that will decide the fate of the world.

How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?

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

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.

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

The perfection preached in the gospels never yet built an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning.