"Do not expect that once taking advantage of Russia's weakness, you will receive dividends forever. Russian has always come for their money. And when they come - do not rely on an agreement signed by y…"

"It is not by speeches and majorities that the great questions of the day are decided, but by iron and blood."

"The statesman's task is to secure the future of his country."

"Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best."

"The main thing is to make an alliance with Russia."