I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.

How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?

Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.

He who laughs last didn't get the joke.

He who stands by his heart has God in him. Our conscience is what unites us with God.

With hope, we can endure any hardship.

It’s not only for unanswered questions that we seek knowledge but also for the examination of unquestioned answers.

Hillary Clinton, as awful as I find her, is a survivable event. I'm not so sure about [Donald] Trump.

Baseball's still a game. I don't want it to be work. I want it to be a game.

The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks.

Much to my surprise, there's a sense for people in the cable industry that fiction writers might actually be good at script writing. You can write dialogue!

I write hate lyrics really well. It's not every day you can use them, really.

It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn.

It is the flash which appears, the thunderbolt will follow.