The destiny of man is not measured by material computations. When great forces are on the move in the world, we learn we’re spirits—not animals…. There’s something going on in time and space, and beyond time and space, which, whether we like it or not, spells duty.

Those whose work and pleasure are one... are... Fortune's favoured children.

Science has given to this generation the means of unlimited disaster or of unlimited progress. There will remain the greater task of directing knowledge lastingly towards the purpose of peace and human good.

Still, it is the primary right of men to die and kill for the land they live in, and to punish with exceptional severity all members of their own race who have warmed their hands at the invaders' hearth.

It would be a great reform in politics if perception could be made to spread as easily and as rapidly as foolishness.

Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others their principles for the sake of their party

Mr. Chamberlain loves the working man, he loves to see him work.