Government is itself an art, one of the subtlest of the arts. It is neither business, nor technology, nor applied science. It is the art of making men live together in peace and with reasonable happiness.

Thirty resolute men in your House of Commons could save the world.

Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.

Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep.

Government is itself an art, one of the subtlest of the arts. It is neither business, nor technology, nor applied science. It is the art of making men live together in peace and with reasonable happiness.

The most constructive way of resolving conflicts is to avoid them.

If one man can be allowed to determine for himself what is law, every man can. That means first chaos, then tyranny. Legal process is an essential part of the democratic process.