Never believe in anything until it has been officially denied.

Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians.

[The opposition Press] which is in the hands of malecontents who have failed in their career.

Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

People never lie so much as before an election, during a war, or after a hunt.

People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war, or before an election.