(The great questions of the day) are not decided by speeches and majority votes but by blood and iron.

Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.

One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans (1888).

What we learn from History is that no one learns from History

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.

God has a special providence for fools, drunks, and the United States of America.

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

The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.

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.

Never fight with Russian. On your every stratagem they answer unpredictable stupidity.

Fighting in the name of freedom has too high a price, " Merlin sighed as he leaned into his mother's arms.

Abiding does not mean sitting idly by. It means resting in the work, resting in the moment, resting in the truth, resting in the confidence that God is your provision.

Sleepwalking down the hall like a firefly in the fog.

What do you most value in your friends? Their continued existence.

Concerts are never real music, you have to give up the idea of hearing in them all the most beautiful things of art.

I'm an actress, and that's my work and my passion.

To do or not to do... that is the question.

People love to judge, get used to it and stop taking it personally.

Follow the stroke - or be the stroke that the rest can follow.

Politicians have always coveted the liberties we hold.