Make the people sovereign and the poor will use the machinery of government to dispossess the rich.

The onset of one religion can be resisted only by another.

A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn.

Imagination is essential and it comes first, for without imagination we are aimless.

Perfection of planning is a symptom of decay. During a period of exciting discovery or progress, there is no time to plan the perfect headquarters.

The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take.

In the foundation and development of a successful enterprise there must be a single-minded pursuit of financial profit.