We need to be strong in order to avoid war; and to win. A politician looks forward only to the next election. A statesman looks forward to the next generation. Any person who is over 30 and is not a conservative, has no brains...
No socialist government conducting the entire life and industry of the country could afford to allow free, sharp or violently worded expressions of public discontent. They would have to fall back on some form of Gestapo, no doubt very humanly directed in the first instance.
The most beautiful voice in the world is that of an educated Southern woman.
Is it possible to get another key? I think I’ve left mine in the room.
Personal initiative, competitive selection, the profit motive, corrected by failure and the infinite process of good housekeeping and the personal ingenuity-here constitute the life of a free society.
Success in life is the ability to move from one mistake to another without loosing enthusiasm.
Already by 1900 I could boast I had written as many books as Moses.
If you want to discover new oceans, you must first have the courage to leave shore.
Unless some effective supranational government can be set up and brought quickly into action, the prospects of peace and human progress are dark and doubtful.
Time and the Ocean and some guiding star and High Cabal have made us what we are.
There are bitter weeds in England.
Old men make war, young men fight and die.
We are not meant to find peace in this world. The spirit of life cannot exist without effort. Destroy the rivalries of man and nations and you will have destroyed all that makes for betterment and progress on Earth.
The struggle which is now beginning between the Zionist and Bolshevik Jews is little less than a struggle for the soul of the Jewish people.
Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first bottle of champagne; knowing him was like drinking it.
Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.
There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl who is leaning away from you.
What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget?
If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire.
For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself.