The Catholic priest, from the moment he becomes a priest, is a sworn officer of the pope.

What we learn from History is that no one learns from History

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.

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

The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.

Politics are not a science based on logic; they are the capacity of always choosing at each instant, in constantly changing situations, the least harmful, the most useful.

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