Any clever person can make plans for winning a war if he has no responsibility for carrying them out.

It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.

Gentleman, I am hardening on this enterprise. I repeat, I am now hardening towards this enterprise.

Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others their principles for the sake of their party

I trust and believe that this College, this seed that we have sown, will grow to shelter and nurture generations who may add most notably to the strength and happiness of our people, and to the knowledge and peaceful progress of the world. 'The mighty oak from an acorn towers; A tiny seed can fill a field with flowers.'

When you feel you cannot continue in your position for another minute, and all that is in human power has been done, that is the moment when the enemy is most exhausted, and when one step forward will give you the fruits of the struggle you have borne

We must learn from misfortune the means of future strength.