Never flinch, never weary, never despair.

We have not journeyed all this way because we are made of sugar candy.

In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.

It would be an inconvenient rule if nothing could be done until everything can be done.

I do not hold that we should rearm in order to fight. I hold that we should rearm in order to parley.

Of all the small nations of this earth, perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind.

There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hope soon to be swept away.