Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans (1888).
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.
Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.
Better pointed bullets than pointed words.
People who love sausage and people who believe in justice should never watch either of them being made