A nation will not count the sacrifice it makes, if it supposes it is engaged in a struggle for its fame, its influence and its existence.

Doubt is an element of criticism, and the tendency of criticism is necessarily skeptical.

The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.

Certainly Manchester is the most wonderful city of modern times!

Wherever is found what is called a paternal government, there is found state education. It has been discovered that the best way to insure implicit obedience is to commence tyranny in the nursery.

Expediency is a law of nature. The camel is a wonderful animal, but the desert made the camel.

The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit for fools.