At the beginning of this War megalomania was the only form of sanity.

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.

Things don't happen to me. I happen to things!

What is the use of living, if it be not to strive for noble causes.

Science unfolded her treasures and her secrets to the desperate demands of men, and placed in their hands agencies and apparatus almost decisive in their character. Reflecting on the outcome of World War I, and an ominous future.

I cannot help reflecting that if my father had been American and my mother British instead of the other way around, I might have gotten here on my own.

A nation that forgets its past has no future.