We would rather see London laid in ruins and ashes than that it should be tamely and abjectly enslaved.

I devoured Gibbon. I rode triumphantly through it from end to end and enjoyed it all.

My hope is that the generous instincts of unity will not depart from us...[so that we] become the prey of the little folk who exist in every country and who frolic alongside the Juggernaut car of war to see what fun or notoriety they can extract from the proceedings.

We do not covet anything from any nation except their respect.

I do not understand the squeamishness about the use of gas. I am strongly in favour of using poisonous gas against uncivilized tribes.

Nourish your hopes, but do not overlook realities.

The shortest road to ruin is to emulate the methods of your adversary.