"The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes."

"No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition."

"The future is not a gift, it is an achievement."

"half Christendom worships a Jewess, and the other half a Jew…. Which is the superior race, the worshipped or the worshippers?"

"The poor are very well off, at least the agricultural poor, very well off indeed. Their incomes are certain, that is a great point, and they have no cares, no anxieties; they always have a resource, t…"