[The politician] is asked to stand, he wants to sit, and he is expected to lie.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

How I hated schools, and what a life of anxiety I lived there. I counted the hours to the end of every term, when I should return home.

Power will go to the hands of rascals, rogues, freebooters; all Indian leaders will be of low calibre & men of straw. They will have sweet tongues & silly hearts. They will fight amongst themselves for power & India will be lost in political squabbles. A day would come when even air & water would be taxed in India.

No matter how enmeshed a commander becomes in the elaboration of his own thoughts, it is sometimes necessary to take the enemy into account.

Personally I think that private property has a right to be defended. Our civilisation is built up on property, and can only be defended by private property.

A hopeful disposition is not the sole qualification to be a prophet.