If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him.
Cardinal Richelieu
Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of state.
Cardinal Richelieu
To know how to dissimulate is the knowledge of kings.
Cardinal Richelieu
Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of the State.
Cardinal Richelieu
Carry on any enterprise as if all future success depended on it.