“Man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer.”

When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.

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

I have found that nothing so deceives your adversaries as telling them the truth.

A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.

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

A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.

A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.

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

People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.

Politics is the art of the possible.

An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.

People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.

No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.

A conquering army on the border will not be stopped by eloquence.

Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery.

The ‘control of nature’ is a phrase conceived in arrogance, born of the Neanderthal age of biology and philosophy, when it was supposed that nature exists for the convenience of man.

Give us the ballot, and we will no longer have to worry the federal government about our basic rights.

I can only control what I do when I go compete.

As an ultimate objective, “peace” simply means communist world control.

The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collective organizer of the masses.

If I disappoint someone, it’s their loss for putting that expectation on me when they don’t know me. I can’t control what they want.

On the field, aggression can sometimes be a positive emotion. It boosts performance and can lift your game. But over the years, I have learnt that restrained aggression is a better animal. That way, you will conserve your energy and won’t spend yourself quickly.

If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves.