Where there is no religion, hypocrisy becomes good taste.

The real pleasure of one's life is the devotion to a great objective of one's consideration.

I talk democracy to these men and women. I tell them that they have the vote, and that theirs is the kingdom and the power and the glory. I say to them You are supreme: exercise your power. They say, That's right: tell us what to do; and I tell them. I say Exercise our vote intelligently by voting for me. And they do. That's democracy; and a splendid thing it is too for putting the right men in the right place.

He who has never hoped can never despair

All progress is due to the unreasonable person.

Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.

Put an Irishman on the spit and you can always get another Irishman to turn him.