The world soffers a lot. Not because the violence of bad people. But because of the silence of the good people.
War,--the trade of barbarians!
The great difficulty with politics is, that there are no established principles.
In politics nothing is immutable. Events carry within them an invincible power.
Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.
The true policy of government is to make use of aristocracy, but under the forms and in the spirit of democracy.