Elderly people and those in authority cannot always be relied upon to take enlightened and comprehending views of what they call the indiscretions of youth.

There but for the grace of God, goes God.

Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities. Thousands become the brave and loyal soldiers of the Queen: all know how to die: but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilisation of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilisation of ancient Rome.

The opposition occupies the benches in front of you, but the enemy sits behind you

With integrity, nothing else counts. Without integrity, nothing else counts.

There is only one duty, only one safe course, and that is to try to be right.

The worst mistake that a statesman can make is to promise victory and to see it dashed, the hopes dashed.