~"If you want to fool the world, tell
the truth."
~"Laws are like sausages, it is
better not to see them being made."
~"There is a providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children, and the United States of America."
~"Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied."
~"The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia."
~"One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans." 1888