Politics is not a science...but an art.

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.

He will give his life, for anything he feels has more of a right to live than he. Make no mistake, Elias. He's a Reed. It's what he does.

Know that tomorrow will bring clarity where before was only fog. In the final summation, it is not other's expectations that slay us, but our over compensatory reactions in regard

The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sense snuck in at number 79.

To get through life successfully, body and soul must translate each other correctly more often than not.

Find your place on the planet. Dig in, and take responsibility from there.

Why should the cotton growers suffer if there is shortage of wheat?

Selfish is caring for ourselves at others' expense ... Self-care is taking care of ourselves so that we can be there for others.

Somebody's got to do it [being Donald Trump]. It's different. It's difficult. There are a lot of wonderful things about it, but always being under scrutiny isn't one of them.

Be fully in the moment,open yourself to the powerful energies dancing around you.

I love the love of those who are far enough away, it becomes whatever I wish to believe it.