"When you say that you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out."
- Otto von Bismarck
"Politics is not an exact science."
"Let them stew in their own grease (or juice)."
"The king reigns but does not govern."
"Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches."
"(The great questions of the day) are not decided by speeches and majority votes but by blood and iron."