A government must not waiver once it has chosen it's course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.

Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.

Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches.

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

History is simply a piece of paper covered with print; the main thing is still to make history, not to write it.

If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made.

Laws are like sausages. It's better not to see them being made.

Never believe in anything until it has been officially denied.

Politics is not an exact science.

Politics is the art of the possible.