"Every country has the government it deserves."

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

"The truth is that with a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and when I have to do with a pirate, I try to be a pirate and a half."

"The strongest arguments are those that are not spoken."

"The great questions of the day will not be settled by speeches and majority decisions... but by blood and iron."