The Luxury Of One's Own Opinion.

Whoever Speaks Of Europe Is Wrong: It Is A Geographical Expression.

A Statesman... Must Wait Until He Hears The Steps Of God Sounding Through Events, Then Leap Up And Grasp The Hem Of His Garment.

Politics Ruins The Character.

I Consider Even A Victorious War As An Evil, From Which Statesmanship Must Endeavor To Spare Nations.

I Must Protest That I Would Never Seek Foreign Conflicts Just To Go Over Domestic Difficulties; That Would Be Frivolous. I Was Speaking Of Conflicts That We Could Not Avoid, Even Though We Do Not Seek Them.