The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Majorities and minorities cannot rightfully be taken at all into account in deciding questions of justice.
I don't attach importance to great speeches or philosophy.
We are not going to achieve a new world order without paying for it in blood as well as in words and money.
The most savage controversies are about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.
Peace congresses often start by dealing with some of the less important questions in excessive detail, so at the end there is no time to discuss the most important problems.
This party will not take its position based on public opinion polls. We will not take a stand based on focus groups. We will not take a stand based on phone-in shows or householder surveys or any other vagaries of pubic opinion.
Speeches are not magic and there is no great speech without great policy.
I don't think we've asked the right questions, the tough questions, at the right time, in Washington.
There can be no settlement of a great cause without discussion, and people will not discuss a cause until their attention is drawn to it.
We will not change in matters of policy until such time as dialogue has begun.