He stood in awe of nothing and nobody--and he was true as gold.

Fourthly, this upright man was one of the few who openly told the Emperor the truth, and the Emperor made use of this, as we all did.
I was, therefore, convinced beforehand that a change would not improve the situation for me.

Esterhazy, who succeeded Tisza, certainly never put obstacles in the way of my policy.

At the same time, I missed the strong hand that had kept order in Hungary, and the stern voice that warned the Emperor, and I did not place the same reliance on Wekerle as on Tisza, perhaps because I was not on the same terms of friendship with him as with Tisza.
Although I had many disputes with Tisza, it is one of the dearest reminiscences of my time of office that, up to the death of this remarkable man, our friendship remained unchanged.

For many years Hungary and Stephen Tisza were as one.