Statesman Quotes

The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.
The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity.
The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end.
The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments' plans.
The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.
The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.
The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.
The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.
The people of England are the most enthusiastic in the world.
The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.
The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes. He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments.
The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit for fools.
The very phrase 'foreign affairs' makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat of subjects with which he has no concern.
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