The man who tries to make the flag an object of a single party is a greater traitor to that flag than any man who fires at it.

Every man has a House of Lords in his own head. Fears, prejudices, misconceptions - those are the peers and they are hereditary.

Once blood is shed in a national quarrel reason and right are swept aside by the rage of angry men.

No democracy has ever long survived the failure of its adherents to be ready to die for it. My own conviction is this, the people must either go on or go under.

With me a change of trouble is as good as a vacation.

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.

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.