"We are not alone in the world, and we must never forget it."

"Politics is the art of postponing decisions until they are no longer relevant."

"The French are a 'nation of calves'."

"The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them."

"The true statesman is one who can see the future and prepare for it."