I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without corporal punishment.

Friend of fatherless! Fountain of happiness! Lord of the swill-bucket! Oh, how my soul is on Fire when I gaze at thy Calm and commanding eye. Like the sun in the sky, Comrade Napoleon! Thou are the giver of All thy creatures love, Full belly twice a day, clean straw to roll upon; Every beast great or small, Sleeps at peace in his stall, Thou watchest over all, Comrade Napoleon! Had I a sucking-pig, Ere he had grown as big Even as a pint bottle or a a rolling-pin He should have learned to be Faithful and true to thee, Yes, his first squeak should be Comrade Napoleon!

Despotic governments can stand 'moral force' till the cows come home; what they fear is physical force.

Everyone believes in the atrocities of the enemy and disbelieves in those of his own side, without ever bothering to examine the evidence.

The secret of rulership is to combine a belief in one’s own infallibility with a power to learn from past mistakes.

Football, a game in which everyone gets hurt and every nation has its own style of play which seems unfair to foreigners.

Never use a long word where a short one will do.