I do not regard the procuring of peace as a matter in which we should play the role of arbiter between different opinions ... more that of an honest broker who really wants to press the business forward.

Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best

My subject is my life, and my life is my subject.

Politics ruins the character.

There are two things you don't want to see being made - sausage and legislation.

Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.

Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.