We are better off not knowing how sausages and laws are made.

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.

What we are reluctant to touch often seems the very fabric of our salvation.

Don't you worry child see heaven's got a plan for you

There are two days in the year that you cannot do anything: YESTERDAY & TOMORROW: Only TODAY you can Be Happy, Smile, Dream, Love, Feel, & Be Thankful…

Insight leads to Realisation. Realisation changes the lens, which changes the conversation. And this is the start.

It is only in Washington where many still have a lingering animosity for the political parties. My friends, we need to get over it.

Man is more sensitive to the contempt of others than to self-contempt.

Obedience is the pathway to holiness.

I grew up in a very simple home, a very simple background, and to be able to do what I'm able to do today, I'm very honored. I don't think I'll ever lose that perspective, and I don't want to.

One's state of mind is three-quarters of what counts, so it has to be carefully nurtured if you want to do something great and lasting.

I know to argue against our online lives seems like the argument of the grumpy, old Luddite novelist, but I really always try to make the argument from the perspective of personal pleasure.