"Such is the psychology of crowds that the majority will follow whoever appeared to be in power..."
- Miklós Bánffy
"Terrible is the situation of a small country that stands alone."
"With human beings the urge to make peace takes some time to germinate, while Homo Sapiens is always ready to hate."
"Artificially to incite hatred is not only supererogatory in politics and foreign relations, it is also positively harmful."
"Great nations, and even medium-sized ones, can always seek revision of frontiers by normal diplomatic means - if the political climate is favourable. No propaganda or previous jockeying for position i..."
"Propaganda, if too raucous, will always prove counterproductive. The damage arises because in peacetime the nation that never stops menacing others and shouting grievances is at once labelled a distur..."
"The public can never know all the facts, ands public opinion is always swayed by passion, never by reason and the best interests of the country.It may sometimes be necessary to stir up passion, but on..."
"...if one is to confer successfully with foreigners, it is essential to know their ways of thinking and be able to put oneself in their place."
"...for a man is a Herdentier - an animal that always follows the herd, a gregarious animal - and quickly follow's its neighbour example."
"Since then many years have passed, and in those years I have often thought how strange are the ways of Fate. Set on one's waylay a single ill-considered spontaneous remark, one is led into a course of..."