One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans (1888).
Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making.
Let us put Germany, so to speak, in the saddle! you will see that she can ride.
When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.