Civilisation cannot survive if it rests on a propertyless proletariat.

There never has been a war yet which, if the facts had been put calmly before the ordinary folk, could not have been prevented ... The common man, I think, is the great protection against war.

Civilisation cannot survive if it rests on a propertyless proletariat.

Unintelligent people always look for a scapegoat.

If you let that sort of thing go on, your bread and butter will be cut right out from under your feet.

Foreign policy isn't something that is great and big, it's common sense and humanity as it applies to my affairs and yours.

If the workers see themselves faced with defeat through starvation, they will prefer to go down fighting rather than fainting - and whether or not we leaders agree.