In the face of any disagreement, let's not make the mistake of doubting either their intelligence or their good will.
Freedom is a luxury that not everyone can afford.
Great politicians owe their reputation, if not to pure chance, to circumstances they could not foresee themselves.
When someone says they agree, in principle, to do something, it means they have no intention of doing it at all.
We cannot make history, but only wait for it to unfold.
Beware of those who only see disorder in noise and peace in silence.
There are times when a government must be liberal and others when it must be dictatorial: here everything changes and there is no eternity.
Politics is not an exact science, but an art.