I am sorry to have made such a long speech, but I did not have time to write a shorter one.

War, which used to be cruel and magnificent has now become cruel and squalid.

The only guide to a man's conscience, the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions.

Better to dare mighty things and fail than to live in a grey twilight where there is neither victory nor defeat.

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

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

The United Nations was set up not to get us to heaven, but only to save us from hell.