"Great success in politics is always the result of great risks."

"The Americans are a very lucky people. They're bordered to the north and south by weak neighbours, and to the east and west by fish."

"Free trade is not a dogma, but a means to an end."

"Be polite, write promptly, and be prepared to kill."

"One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans."