God alone knows how great it is. All I hope is that it is not too late. I am very much afraid that it is. We can only do our best.

Hasty work and premature decisions may lead to penalties out of all proportion to the issues immediately involved.

The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.

It is better to do the wrong thing that to do nothing.

A love for tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril.

Don't argue about the difficulties. The difficulties will argue for themselves.

Elderly people and those in authority cannot always be relied upon to take enlightened and comprehending views of what they call the indiscretions of youth.