How Can You Govern A Country Which

Deliberation Is A Function Of The Many; Action Is The Function Of One.

When I Want To Know What France Thinks, I Ask Myself.

Whereas Ordinary Officers Must Be Content With Behaving Correctly In Front Of Their Men, The Great Leaders Have Always Carefully Stage-managed Their Effects.

The True Statesman Is The One Who Is Willing To Take Risks.

One Cannot Govern With 'buts'.