A young man who isn't a socialist hasn't got a heart; an old man who is a socialist hasn't got a head.

You cannot trust the interests of any class entirely to another class; and you cannot trust the interests of any sex to another sex.

A fully equipped duke costs as much to keep up as two Dreadnoughts, and dukes are just as great a terror - and they last longer.

Death is the most convenient time to tax rich people.

What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storms in politics than you will ever find at sea. Piracy, broadsides, blood on the decks. You will find them all in politics.

Four specters haunt the poor - old age, accident, sickness and unemployment

The finest eloquence is that which gets things done.