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

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.

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.

Great men have great dogs.

A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.

I know I could never forgive myself if I elected to live without humane purpose, without trying to help the poor and unfortunate, without recognizing that perhaps the purest joy in life comes with trying to help others.

Nowadays, politically, everybody is promising everything. That’s the only way you can get elected.

These elections won’t be about the manifesto of parties, but about manifesto of the people and their dreams who want peace and prosperity.

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.

The only difference between Hitler and Bush is that Hitler was elected.

A Call to Protect and Democratize U.S. Elections: A Panel Presentation on the challenges to American elections.

The People Power movement that in 1986 foiled Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos’s effort to steal a snap presidential election.

In 2016, Fascism was searched on the Merriam-Webster dictionary website more often than any other word in English except surreal, which experienced a sudden spike after the November presidential election.