People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.
Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
Politics ruins the character.
Not by speeches and votes of the majority, are the great questions of the time decided – that was the error of 1848 and 1849 – but by iron and blood.
People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.
The Americans are a very lucky people. They’re bordered to the north and south by weak neighbors, and to the east and west by fish.
Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.
What we learn from History is that no one learns from History.
We live in a wondrous time in which the strong is weak because of his moral scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.
God has a special providence for fools, drunks, and the United States of America.
The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
Fools you are who say you like to learn from your mistakes. I prefer to learn from the mistakes of others, and avoid the cost of my own.
The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.
Great men have great dogs.