Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

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.

When something ought to be true then it proves to be a very powerful truth.

No one's life will be harder because I exist.

God never denied that soul anything that went as far as heaven to ask it.

That's the penalty we have to pay for our acts of foolishness - someone else always suffers for them.

If we were a dog and God owned us, the cops would come and take us away.

Confidence - Poise and confidence are not possible unless you have prepared correctly. Failing to prepare is preparing to fail. Poise and confidence are a natural result of proper preparation.

He must be lightning slow.

Victory is the main object in war.

I was in a bad mood when I wrote that.

We want people to go to the movies. But the reality is that this is a digital world and we have to adapt to that reality.