It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

There is no merit in putting off a war for a year if, when it comes, it is far worse or much harder to win.

I shall endeavor to marshal British opinion against a course of action which would bring in my opinion the greatest evils upon the people of India, upon the people of Great Britain and upon the British Empire itself.

I have always noticed that whenever a radical takes to Imperialism, he catches it in a very acute form.

We are shaping the world faster than we can change ourselves, and we are applying to the present the habits of the past.

Happy are the painters, for they shall not be lonely.

Show me a young Conservative and I'll show you someone with no heart. Show me an old Liberal and I'll show you someone with no brains.