It is more difficult to organize a peace than to win a war; but the fruits of victory will be read more

It is more difficult to organize a peace than to win a war; but the fruits of victory will be lost if the peace is not organized.

Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.

Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.

Party honesty is party expediency.

Party honesty is party expediency.

Of this stamp is the cant of, not men, but measures.

Of this stamp is the cant of, not men, but measures.

There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics none in which there is more need of read more

There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics none in which there is more need of good pilotage and of a single, unfaltering purpose when the waves rise high.

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.

I consider biennial elections as a security that the sober,
second thought of the people shall be law.

I consider biennial elections as a security that the sober,
second thought of the people shall be law.

Any 20 year-old who isn't a liberal doesn't have a heart, and any 40 year-old who isn't a conservative doesn't read more

Any 20 year-old who isn't a liberal doesn't have a heart, and any 40 year-old who isn't a conservative doesn't have a brain.

Politics is the art of postponing decisions until they are no longer relevant.

Politics is the art of postponing decisions until they are no longer relevant.