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.

Lucidity of speech is unquestionably one of the surest tests of mental precision...In my experience a confused talker is never a clear thinker.

A body of 500 men chosen at random from amongst the unemployed.

Great men sometimes lose the reins and lose their heads. This time, let us hope that they will retain them and that when victory is assured they will sit down and reckon what the future is going to be for their countries as well as for other lands.

Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it.

The nations slithered over the brink into the boiling cauldron of war without any trace of apprehension or dismay... The nations backed their machines over the precipice not one of them wanted war, certainly not on this scale

If you want to succeed in politics you must keep your conscience firmly under control.