Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.

I can't talk religion to a man with bodily hunger in his eyes.

Christmas is forced upon a reluctant and disgusted nation by the shopkeepers and the press; on its own merits it would wither and shrivel in the fiery breath of universal hatred.

Don't lose faith. Promise yourself that you will be a success story, and I promise you that all the forces of the universe will unite to come to your aid; you might not feel today or for a while, but the longer you wait the bigger the prize.

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Unless the people can choose their leaders and rulers, and can revoke their choice at intervals long enough to test their measuresby results, the government will be a tyranny exercised in the interests of whatever classes or castes or mobs or cliques have this choice.