"Faust complained about having two souls in his breast, but I harbor a whole crowd of them and they quarrel. It is like being in a republic."

"The statesman who is afraid to take responsibility will never achieve anything great."

"Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death."

"The life of a nation is the life of a single man. It is not measured by the number of years, but by the number of deeds."

"Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness."