He who has his thumb on the purse has the power.

A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.

Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.

We live in a wondrous time in which the strong is weak because of his moral scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.

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.

Great men have great dogs.

The luxury of one's own opinion.