The fore horse of this frightful team is public debt. Taxation follow that, and in its turn wretchedness and oppression.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

I am always true to myself, that is the problem. Who else could I be true to?

To move out of the patterns of our past and create the future we want we must pass through the gateway of the present

The impression of strength came from an extraordinary vitality that seemed to pulse in the very air around him

As foreign minister I cannot allow myself to be guided by emotions.

The first duty of wine is to be red. Don't talk to me of your white wines.

Over hill and under hill

Too many judges are fooled into thinking a smile equals style.

First ask why, and decide whether something is worth doing. Only after that should you set about doing it as well as you can.

General, you don't have a war plan! All you have is a kind of horrible spasm!

We recognised that just putting more flights and more passengers into the skies over southeast England wasn't worth the environmental costs we-re paying.