An infallible method of conciliating a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.
When everybody else thinks it's the end, we have to begin.
First make yourself unpopular, then you will be taken seriously.
Kennedy cooked the soup that Johnson had to eat.
In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity.
The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt.