We are better off not knowing how sausages and laws are made.

There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.

To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making.

Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.

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

A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.

All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.