Laws are like sausages. You sleep far better the less you know about how they are made.

Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.

Laws are like sausages. You sleep far better the less you know about how they are made.

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

Your map of Africa is really quite nice. But my map of Africa lies in Europe. Here is Russia, and here... is France, and we're in the middle - that's my map of Africa.

Great men have great dogs.