"The statesman's task is to hear God's footsteps marching through history, and then to grasp the hem of His garment and walk with Him."

"The only way to deal with a man who is always right is to let him be wrong."

"To be a good politician, you must have a thick skin and a clear conscience."

"Politics is not a science to be learned, it is an art, and he who cannot do it had better stay away from it."

"The main thing is to make history, not to write it."