“People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.”

“People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.”

“People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.”

“I have a burden on my soul. During my long life, I did not make anyone happy, neither my friends, nor my family, nor even myself. I have done many evil things...I was the cause of the beginning of three big wars. About 800,000 people were killed because of me on the battlefields., and their mothers, brothers, and widows cried for them. And now this stands between me and God.”

“Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.”

“Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.”

“If there is ever another war in Europe, it will come out of some damned silly thing in the Balkans.”