The first duty of a university is to teach wisdom, not trade; character, not technicalities.

Books, in all their variety, offer the human intellect the means whereby civilisation may be carried triumphantly forward.

In Russia a man is called reactionary if he objects to having his property stolen and his wife and children murdered.

Elections exist for the sake of the House of Commons and not the House of Commons for the sake of elections.

The destiny of man is not measured by material computations. When great forces are on the move in the world, we learn we’re spirits—not animals…. There’s something going on in time and space, and beyond time and space, which, whether we like it or not, spells duty.

Danger gathers upon our path. We cannot afford - we have no right - to look back. We must look forward... The stronger the advocate of monarchical principle a man may be, the more zealously he must now endeavor to fortify the Throne and to give to His Majesty's successor that strength which can only come from the love of a united nation and Empire.

Without ships, we cannot live.