Of all the small nations of this earth, perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind.

It is one thing to see the forward path and another to be able to take it. But it is better to have an ambitious plan than none at all.

I gather, young man, that you wish to be a Member of Parliament. The first lesson that you must learn is, when I call for statistics about the rate of infant mortality, what I want is proof that fewer babies died when I was Prime Minister than when anyone else was Prime Minister. That is a political statistic.

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.

The women's suffrage movement is only the small edge of the wedge, if we allow women to vote it will mean the loss of social structure and the rise of every liberal cause under the sun. Women are well represented by their fathers, brothers, and husbands.

I drink a great deal. I sleep a little, and I smoke cigar after cigar. That is why I am in two-hundred-percent form.

It is wonderful how well men can keep secrets they have not been told.