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Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.
Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.
In politics… never retreat, never retract… never admit a mistake.
In politics stupidity is not a handicap.
He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.
If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.