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

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.

Great men have great dogs.

A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.

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

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

I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.

I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.

Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.

What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.

Government is cancerous in head and limbs;only its belly is sound, and the laws it excretes are the most strightforward shit in the world.

Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.

Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.

The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the habit of cautious and reasoned argument, the more intense will be its love of music.

A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible.

I hate government. I’m apolitical. Write that down. I’m not a Republican.

Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence is a practical document for the use of practical men. It is not a thesis for philosophers, but a whip for tyrants; it is not a theory of government but a program of action.

There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.

What we seek is the reign of law, based upon the consent of the governed and sustained by the organized opinion of mankind.

The essential humanity of men can be protected and preserved only where government must answer, not just to the wealthy, not just to those of a particular religion, or a particular race, but to all its people.

Trusting the government to monitor your calls without listening. It’s kind of like trusting Chris Christie to pick up the McDonald’s and not eat the fries on the way home.