I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.
People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.
A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.
Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.
Politics is not a science, as the professors are apt to suppose. It is an art.
Politics ruins the character.