At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman.

At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman.

The statesman shears the sheep; the politician skins them.

Once the bear's hug has got you, it is apt to be for keeps.

Power? It's like a Dead Sea fruit. When you achieve it, there is nothing there.

We are homeless enough in this world under the best of circumstances without going to any special effort to test our capacity to be more so.