"With bad laws and good civil servants it's still possible to govern. But with bad civil servants even the best laws can't help."

"I have often regretted my speech, never my silence."

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

"The less you know about how sausages are made and laws are passed, the better you'll sleep at night."

"The statesman's task is to hear God's footsteps marching through history, and then to grasp the hem of His garment and walk with Him."