There are men in the world who derive an exaltation from the proximity of disaster and ruin, as other from success.

Where there is a great deal of free speech there is always a certain amount of foolish speech.

There is scarcely anything more important in the government of men than the exact - I will ever say pedantic - observance of the regular forms by which the guilt or innocence of accused persons is determined.

Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second... if there is one.

Laws just or unjust may govern men's actions. Tyrannies may restrain or regulate their words. The machinery of propaganda may pack their minds with falsehood and deny them truth for many generations of time. But the soul of man thus held in trance or frozen in a long night can be awakened by a spark coming from God knows where and in a moment the whole structure of lies and oppression is on trial for its life.

[Should Britain fail, then the entire world would] sink into the abyss of a new dark age made more sinister ... by the lights of perverted science.

Never does a man portray his character more vividly than when proclaiming the character of another.