"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both."

"What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog."

"I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity."

"Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and co-operation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace."

"Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg."

"You do not lead by hitting people over the head-that's assault, not leadership."

"I believe in God like I believe in the sun, not because I can see it, but because of it all things are seen."

"If there were reason for these miseries, then into limits could I bind my woes."

"I think we might be going a bridge too far."

"Rare is the person who can weigh the faults of others without putting his thumb on the scales."

"As time goes on, new and remoter aspects of truth are discovered which can seldom be fitted into creeds that are changeless."

"Such laboured' nothings in so strange a style amaze the un-learned and make the learned smile."