Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.
In politics stupidity is not a handicap.
If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.
History is a set of lies agreed upon.
He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.
Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
It would be a joke if the conduct of the victor had to be justified to the vanquished.
Anarchy is the stepping stone to absolute power.
For the stability of the Government, the people should have a considerable voice in the elections.
A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.
In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.
Men who have changed the world never achieved their success by winning the chief citizens to their side, but always by stirring the masses.
The sovereignty of the people is inalienable.
Force is the law of animals, men are ruled by conviction.
In war, as in politics, no evil - even if it is permissible under the rules - is excusable unless it is absolutely necessary. Everything beyond that is a crime.
To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.
I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.
Governments keep their promises only when they are forced, or when it is to their advantage to do so.
The first method is that of a schemer and leads only to mediocre results; the other method is the path of genius and changes the face of the world.
Good and decent people must be protected and persuaded by gentle means, but the rabble must be led by terror.
In a great nation, the majority are incapable of judging wisely of things.
When you set out to take Vienna, take Vienna.
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