The sword is the axis of the world and its power is absolute.
Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop.
How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?
In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.
Old age is a shipwreck.
Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.
I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.
Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
You'll live. Only the best get killed.
A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.
The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
Before such a prodigious career judgement is torn between blame and admiration.
Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
Faced with crisis the man of character falls back on himself.
I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.
How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?
Showing 1 to 20 of 43 results