Great countries are those that produce great people.

O Music! Miraculous art! A blast of thy trumpet and millions rush forward to die; a peal of thy organ and uncounted nations sink down to pray.

A realist is a man who insists on making the same mistakes his grandfather did.

I think that an author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother who talks about her own children.

Mr Speaker, I withdraw my statement that half the cabinet are asses - half the cabinet are not asses.

There is a thread in our thoughts as there is a pulse in our feelings; he who can hold the one knows how to think, and he who can move the other knows how to feel.

Everything in this world depends upon will.