Since the masses are always eager to believe something, for their benefit nothing is so easy to arrange as facts.

Quote by Charles M De Talleyrand

Topics: Belief Quotes, Facts Quotes

It is the beginning of the end

It is the beginning of the end

A married man with a family will do anything for money.

A married man with a family will do anything for money.

There is one body that knows more than anybody, and that is everybody

There is one body that knows more than anybody, and that is everybody

The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and...

The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and...

Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts.

Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts.

Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great...

Love of glory can only create a great hero; contempt of glory creates a great...

I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than...

I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than...

War is much too serious a thing to be left to military men

War is much too serious a thing to be left to military men

A diplomat who says yes means maybe, a diplomat who says maybe means no, and...

A diplomat who says yes means maybe, a diplomat who says maybe means no, and...

A real diplomat is one who can cut his neighbor's throat without having his neighbor...

A real diplomat is one who can cut his neighbor's throat without having his neighbor...

All war represents a failure of diplomacy.

All war represents a failure of diplomacy.

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

Diplomacy is the art of letting someone have your way.

Diplomacy is the art of letting someone have your way.

There is no diplomacy like candor.

There is no diplomacy like candor.

We think it will be shortly afterwards, but it seems a terrible thing to gamble...

We think it will be shortly afterwards, but it seems a terrible thing to gamble...

Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.

Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.

All war represents a failure of diplomacy

All war represents a failure of diplomacy

I don't think that anybody should be ruling in or ruling out anything while we...

I don't think that anybody should be ruling in or ruling out anything while we...

Diplomacy in general does not resolve conflicts. Wars end not due to peace processes, but...

Diplomacy in general does not resolve conflicts. Wars end not due to peace processes, but...

Diplomacy means the art of nearly deceiving all your friends, but not quite deceiving all...

Diplomacy means the art of nearly deceiving all your friends, but not quite deceiving all...