History unfolds itself by strange and unpredictable paths. We have little control over the future; and none at all over the past.

It is conceivable that I might well be reborn as a Chinese coolie. In such case I should lodge a protest.

How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is a fateful fatalistic apathy.

Tidiness is a virtue, symmetry is often a constituent of beauty.

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

For with primacy in power is also joined an awe inspiring accountability to the future.

Air superiority is the ultimate expression of military power.