Once blood is shed in a national quarrel reason and right are swept aside by the rage of angry men.

The finest eloquence is that which gets things done.

Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.

If the people really knew [the truth] the war would be stopped tomorrow. But of course they don't know and can't know.

What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in.

We are fighting Germany, Austria and drink, and as far as I can see, the greatest of these three deadly foes is drink.

If you want to succeed in politics you must keep your conscience firmly under control.

The world is becoming like a lunatic asylum run by lunatics.

There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks.

He has sat on the fence so long that the iron has entered his soul.

The man who tries to make the flag an object of a single party is a greater traitor to that flag than any man who fires at it.

Personally, I believe “Young Adult” to be an arbitrary title that means the book "Can be enjoyed by anyone/Has a main character who’s not quite an adult/Isn’t really boring.

When men reject reason, they have no means left for dealing with one another — except brute, physical force.

Larine had a bright future ahead of her, but she had to learn to obey the rules before she could begin learning which could be broken and when.

Girls' education is a human right. And along with its fundamental justice, it promises so much for the individual, for her family, for society, for all of us.

Say whatever your memory suggests is true; but add nothing and exaggerate nothing.

The Church of the Apostles was a Church of the poor; of silver and gold it had none.

I don't sing. I do everybody a favor and I don't sing.

What memories for mud to have.

The pose of innocence is as mandatory as the ability to eat banquet food and endure the scourging of the press.

If you experience chronic difficulties in a particular area of your life, there's a strong chance that the root of the problem is a failure to accept reality as it is.