Politics is the art of the possible.
Category Archive: 1815
It is impossible for one class to appreciate the wrongs of another.
Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
The more complete the despotism, the more smoothly all things move on the surface.
To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all law into contempt.
I am always busy, which is perhaps the chief reason why I am always well.
When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.
There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.