So long as I am acting from duty and conviction, I am indifferent to taunts and jeers. I think they will probably do me more good than harm.

Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.

Hatred plays the same part in government as acid in chemistry.

It is no use doing what you like; you have got to like what you do.

Never give in, never! Be it concerning large things or small things, never, never, never!

One of the most important signs of the existence of a democracy is that when there is a knock at the door at 5 in the morning, one is completely certain that it is the milkman.

If you want to discover new oceans, you must first have the courage to leave shore.