“Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.”
Power“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.”
Love“Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.”
Power“History is a set of lies agreed upon.”
History“Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.”
Time“If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.”
Peace“The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.”
Best“Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.”
Music“Respect the burden.”
Respect“If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.”
God“I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.”
Government“You must not fear death, my lads defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.”
Death“History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.”
History“A leader is a dealer in hope.”
Hope“You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.”
Art“It requires more courage to suffer than to die.”
Courage“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.”
God“The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.”
Great“War is the business of barbarians.”
Business“If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.”
Success“The human race is governed by its imagination.”
Imagination“Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.”
Men