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

We live in a wondrous time, in which the strong is weak because of his scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.

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

the main thing is to make history not to write it

War should only be used for a policy worth its sacrifices.

I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.

Even the most favorable outcome of the war will never lead to the decomposition of the main forces of Russia, which is based on millions of Russian ... The latter, even if they break up international treaties, just as quickly re-connect with each other, like pieces of a particle of mercury ...