"Politics is the art of governing men by deceiving them."

"If there is ever another war in Europe, it will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans."

"The only way to avoid war is to be strong enough to deter it."

"The statesman's task is to hear God's footsteps marching through history, and to try and catch on to His coattails as He marches past."

"I have only one ambition left: I should like to have a good epitaph."