I trust and believe that this College, this seed that we have sown, will grow to shelter and nurture generations who may add most notably to the strength and happiness of our people, and to the knowledge and peaceful progress of the world. 'The mighty oak from an acorn towers; A tiny seed can fill a field with flowers.'

When one is in office one has no idea how damnable things can feel to the ordinary rank and file of the public.

No one should waste a day.

With integrity, nothing else counts. Without integrity, nothing else counts.

The man who stands firm in order to protect a sand-castle can never be relied upon; for he has given away his common sense.

Singapore could only be taken after a siege by an army of at least 50,000 men. It is not considered possible that the Japanese would embark on such a mad enterprise.

I never worry about action, but only inaction.