A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.

The death of Lincoln was a disaster for Christendom. There was no man in the United States great enough to wear his boots and the bankers went anew to grab the riches. I fear that foreign bankers with their craftiness and tortuous tricks will entirely control the exuberant riches of America and use it to systematically corrupt civilization.

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

Let us put Germany, so to speak, in the saddle! you will see that she can ride.

You can't destroy the polish national-consciousness or Poles on the battlefield, but if you give them power, they will destroy themselves

I have often regretted what I have eaten, but never what I have drunk.

Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.